The Ruling on Sa'y in the New Sa'y Area
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh, and may He bless you. Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: What is the ruling on performing sa'y (walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah) in the new sa'y area? And may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Wait until the project is completed. As for now, go to al-Masjid al-Haram to pray in it; prayer in it is worth a hundred thousand prayers in any other mosque, and for i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) in it, and for tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah) around the House.[Al-Baqarah 2:125] So worship in al-Masjid al-Haram through prayer, through tawaf, and through the obligatory prayer in al-Masjid al-Haram, and there is much good in this. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh, and may He bless you. Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: What is the ruling on performing sa'y (walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah) in the new sa'y area? And may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Wait until the project is completed. As for now, go to al-Masjid al-Haram to pray in it; prayer in it is worth a hundred thousand prayers in any other mosque, and for i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) in it, and for tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah) around the House.
And We charged Abraham and Ishmael, [saying], "Purify My House for those who perform Tawaf and those who are staying [there] for worship and those who bow and prostrate [in prayer]."
وَعَهِدْنَا إِلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ أَن طَهِّرَا بَيْتِيَ لِلطَّائِفِينَ وَالْعَاكِفِينَ وَالرُّكَّعِ السُّجُودِ
Source
شرح كتاب الكبائر للإمام محمد بن عبد الوهاب، تتمة باب ما جاء في الفتن — islamhouse.com (53:04)
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