Continuation of the explanation: (Then he proceeded to the Station of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and recited, "And take the Station of Ibrahim as a place of prayer." So he placed the Station between himself and the House. Then my father used to say—and I do not know that he mentioned it except from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)—that he would recite in the two rak'ahs, "Say: He is Allah, the One" and "Say: O you disbelievers." Then he returned to the Corner and touched it. Then he went out of the door to al-Safa. When he approached al-Safa, he recited, "Indeed, al-Safa and al-Marwah are among the symbols of Allah." I begin with what Allah began with, so I began with al-Safa. He climbed it until he saw the House. He faced the qiblah, so he declared the oneness of Allah and magnified Him, saying, "There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is able to do all things. There is no god but Allah alone, who fulfilled His promise and gave victory to His servant and defeated the confederates alone." Then he made du'a between that. He said, "He did this three times." Then he descended to al-Marwah. When his feet were upright in the valley, he hurried. When he ascended, he walked until he reached al-Marwah. He did on al-Marwah what he did on al-Safa. When he finished his tawaf on al-Marwah, he said, "If I had known what I know now, I would not have brought the sacrificial animals and would have made it an 'Umrah. So whoever among you does not have sacrificial animals, let him exit the state of ihram and make it an 'Umrah." So Sarraqah ibn Malik ibn Ju'ashm stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, is this for this year only or forever?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) interlaced his fingers, one in the other, and said, "'Umrah has entered into Hajj twice. No, but forever, forever.")

The Shaykh : And his statement: "He climbed it until he saw the House." This climbing is not obligatory; rather, it is a recommended practice. Otherwise, if one stands at the boundary of al-Safa from the bottom, the objective is achieved, due to the statement of the Exalted: The obligatory limit now is the boundary of these poles they have set for the women. So this is the obligatory limit. Accordingly, it is not obligatory to ascend and move forward, especially on days of crowding.
And in it also: that it is recommended to face the qiblah on al-Safa, declare the oneness of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and magnify Him.
And his statement: It is possible that this is an addition to his statement "So he ," or that it is an explanation of it. But the Sunnah has come that he magnifies Allah three times. However, it is not like the takbir of the funeral prayer, as some of the common people imagine, where they say with their hands, gesturing with them as they gesture in prayer. This is an error. But he raises his hands and magnifies Allah three times.
And he says: , With what? It is the statement of the Exalted: .
Where Makkah was under his authority after it had been under the authority of the polytheists. Is the intended meaning of "defeated the confederates" what happened in the Year of the Trench, or is it more general? The second, what is more general.
And his statement: So he says this dhikr, then makes du'a, then says it again and makes du'a, then says it again and then descends. Because he said: "He did this three times." As for the du'a, he said, "He made du'a between that." And if we apply the wording to the implication of its meaning, it becomes dhikr, then du'a, then dhikr, then du'a, then dhikr. So that makes five, then he descends.
And in it also: that he descends walking, not running in the first three laps like in tawaf, because the sa'y area is far and it is difficult for people. But he walks a normal walk. However, he says: The valley means the bed of the stream, which is the flowing water. And in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the stream was between us. And it is customary that the stream—meaning the stream of the floods—be descending. For this reason, the Prophet hurried in it with great effort, until his lower garment would turn around him from the intensity of the hurrying.
And the origin of that is that when the mother of Isma'il, when her husband Ibrahim (peace and blessings be upon him) left her and her son, when her master or her husband left her? Both. He left them in Makkah and left with them a sack of dates and a waterskin of water. The dates and water ran out. The mother became hungry and thirsty, and the child would become hungry after that, because there was no milk for his mother. The boy began to cry and shout, and she had no one with her, she had no one but Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So she saw the nearest mountain to her, climbed it, and felt around, hoping she might hear someone. She did not hear anyone, so she descended from al-Safa to the nearest mountain to her after al-Safa, which is al-Marwah. She did the same, standing on it and feeling around, hoping she might hear someone. But in the valley, she was hurrying with great speed, fearing for her son, because if she descended, she would be hidden from him, so she was hurrying with great speed. When she completed seven laps, Jibril descended and struck the ground with his wing or his foot, until water gushed out from its place and became like a flowing river. So she surrounded it, may Allah be pleased with her, out of greed for it, from the intensity of her compassion for him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , but there is no doubt that this is the wisdom, from the wisdom of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And the aspect of that is that if it had been a specific spring in this place and near the Ka'bah, it would have caused difficulty for people. But from the grace of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is that the matter became as Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) willed.
So this is the origin of sa'y, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. Therefore, people performed sa'y. So it is recommended for you, while you are performing sa'y, to feel that you are in dire need of the mercy of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), just as this woman was in dire need of the mercy of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So it is as if you are calling upon Him (Glorified and Exalted is He) for aid from the effects of sins and their ailments. Now, this dhikr is said at the beginning of every lap. Accordingly, if one finishes the last lap from al-Marwah, there is no du'a, because this du'a is only at the beginning of the lap. Just as that is also the case in tawaf, where the takbir is at the beginning of the lap, not at its end.
And in it also: at the end of the tawaf, he said: And the speech on this phrase has preceded.