The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "Do what the pilgrim does, except that you do not circumambulate the House." Does this imply that she should perform sa'y?
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The questioner : The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her): Muwatta Malik 20:236 Does this imply that now she should perform sa'y between al-Safa and al-Marwah, which are inside the mosque's enclosure now?
The Shaykh : No, and it is not possible for her to perform sa'y between al-Safa and al-Marwah even if they were outside the enclosure. We mentioned this recently, my brothers.
The students: ...
The Shaykh : I mean, we mentioned this, and we said that she stated, "I did not circumambulate and I did not perform sa'y." And we said that in Malik's narration, it is explicit that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said to her:Muwatta Malik 20:236 Which one is it?
The questioner : But the hadith we have here...?
The Shaykh : The one you have is not a single hadith; there are multiple. She said that she did not circumambulate; she arrived in Mecca and said, "I did not circumambulate the House, nor between al-Safa and al-Marwah." She said this. And I told you that in Malik's narration, he says to her:Muwatta Malik 20:236 Where are you? And sa'y cannot be valid unless it is preceded by tawaf. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) only said: regarding the sa'y of Hajj if it is performed before the tawaf of ifadah. Some scholars said: The sa'y of Hajj is not to be performed before the tawaf of ifadah, and the meaning of the statementThe questioner : "I performed sa'y before I circumambulated" refers to the one performing qiran who performed sa'y during the tawaf of arrival. In this case, he would have performed sa'y before the tawaf of ifadah. But I find this interpretation (ta'wil) far-fetched and repugnant, because such a matter is not asked about, and it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) that he performed sa'y between al-Safa and al-Marwah after the tawaf of arrival and before the tawaf of ifadah. Do you understand now or not? Good, yes.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim from his father that A'isha said, "I came to Makka at the time of my period so I did not do tawaf of the House or go between Safa and Marwa. I complained to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he said, 'Do what the people doing hajj do except do not do tawaf of the House and go between Safa and Marwa until you are pure.' " Malik said, concerning a woman who entered ihram for umra at the time of hajj, and she arrived in Makka during her period and so could not do tawaf of the House, "When she fears that the time (for hajj) is getting close, she gets into ihram for the hajj and sacrifices an animal. She is like someone who combines the hajj and the umra. One tawaf is enough for her. If a women starts her period after she has already done tawaf of the House and prayed, she does say between Safa and Marwa and stops at Arafa and Muzdalifa and stones the jamras but she does not do the tawaf al-ifada until she is pure and has finished her menses."
افعلي ما يفعل الحاج غير أن لا تطوفي بالبيتThe Shaykh : No, and it is not possible for her to perform sa'y between al-Safa and al-Marwah even if they were outside the enclosure. We mentioned this recently, my brothers.
The students: ...
The Shaykh : I mean, we mentioned this, and we said that she stated, "I did not circumambulate and I did not perform sa'y." And we said that in Malik's narration, it is explicit that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said to her:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim from his father that A'isha said, "I came to Makka at the time of my period so I did not do tawaf of the House or go between Safa and Marwa. I complained to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he said, 'Do what the people doing hajj do except do not do tawaf of the House and go between Safa and Marwa until you are pure.' " Malik said, concerning a woman who entered ihram for umra at the time of hajj, and she arrived in Makka during her period and so could not do tawaf of the House, "When she fears that the time (for hajj) is getting close, she gets into ihram for the hajj and sacrifices an animal. She is like someone who combines the hajj and the umra. One tawaf is enough for her. If a women starts her period after she has already done tawaf of the House and prayed, she does say between Safa and Marwa and stops at Arafa and Muzdalifa and stones the jamras but she does not do the tawaf al-ifada until she is pure and has finished her menses."
غير أن لا تطوفي بالبيت ولا بين الصفا والمروة حتى تطهريThe questioner : But the hadith we have here...?
The Shaykh : The one you have is not a single hadith; there are multiple. She said that she did not circumambulate; she arrived in Mecca and said, "I did not circumambulate the House, nor between al-Safa and al-Marwah." She said this. And I told you that in Malik's narration, he says to her: