Fortress of the Muslim 118: On Safa and Marwah

At Safa and Marwah

لَمَّا دَنَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنَ الصَّفَا قَرَأَ: ﴿إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعَآئِرِ اللَّهِ﴾ أَبْدَأُ بِمَا بَدَأَ اللَّهُ بِهِ)) فَبَدَأَ بِالصَّفَا فَرَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى رَأَى الْبَيْتَ، فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ، فَوَحَّدَ اللَّهَ وَكبَّرَهُ وَقَالَ: ((لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ، أَنْجَزَ وَعْدَهُ، وَنَصَرَ عَبْدَهُ، وَهَزَمَ الْأَحْزَابَ وَحْدَهُ، ثُمَّ دَعَا بَيْنَ ذلكَ. قَالَ مِثْلَ هَذَا ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ)) الْحَدِيثُ. وَفِيهِ: ((فَفَعَلَ عَلَى الْمَرْوَةِ كَمَا فَعَلَ عَلَى الصَّفَا)).

Innas-safa wal-marwata min sha‘a’irillah. Abda’u bima bada’allahu bih. La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadir. La ilaha illallahu wahdah, anjaza wa‘dah, wa nasara ‘abdah, wa hazamal-ahzaba wahdah.

When the Prophet ﷺ came near Safa, he recited: “Safa and Marwah are among the signs of Allah” (2:158), and said: “I begin with what Allah began with.” He began with Safa and climbed it until he could see the House. He faced the qiblah, declared the oneness of Allah and His greatness, and said: “There is no god but Allah, alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things. There is no god but Allah alone. He kept His promise, helped His servant and defeated the allied forces alone.” He made dua between these words, saying them three times. And he did at Marwah what he had done at Safa.