The Sa'y between al-Safa and al-Marwah if one returns before completing the lap

Question:
May Allah reward Your Eminence the Shaykh for this generous and comprehensive statement, and may Allah raise his status in the highest heavens, and grant us all good listening and good following, and guide us all to what He loves and is pleased with, for He is the All-Hearing, the Responsive. We ask Your Eminence for permission to present whatever questions have been facilitated. This questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, I performed the sa'y in the second lap, but I returned before reaching the end. Do I owe anything? May Allah protect your face from the Fire. He says: I performed the sa'y in the second lap, but I returned before reaching the end. Do I owe anything? May Allah protect your face from the Fire?

Answer:
It is obligatory in the sa'y and the tawaf to complete the circuit, to complete the lap. In the tawaf, from the stone to the stone is one lap, and the sa'y is likewise; between al-Safa and al-Marwah is one lap. One must complete the distance between al-Safa and al-Marwah. Going up is better, and it is better for both to go up, but one must complete the distance between them, whether below or above. The lap in which one does not complete the distance between them is not counted. One must complete the distance between al-Safa and al-Marwah, on the ground or on the upper level. Likewise, in the tawaf, one must complete the distance between the stone and the stone, from the Black Stone to the Black Stone, in every lap.