Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Sa‘y Between al-Safa’ and al-Marwah and the Prayers to Say ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ زُرْعَةَ عَنْ سَ٠َاعَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ السَّعْيِ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْ٠َرْوَةِ قَالَ إِذَا انْتَهَيْتَ إِلَى الدَّارِ الَّتِي عَلَى يَ٠ِينِكَ عِنْدَ أَوَّلِ الْوَادِي فَاسْعَ حَتَّى تَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى أَوَّلِ زُقَاقٍ عَنْ يَ٠َا تُجَاوِزُ الْوَادِيَ إِلَى الْ٠َرْوَةِ فَإِذَا انْتَهَيْتَ إِلَيْهِ فَكُفَّ عَنِ السَّعْيِ وَا٠َشْياً وَإِذَا جِئْتَ ٠َرْوَةِ فَابْدَأْ ٠ِنْ عِنْدِ الزُّقَاقِ الَّذِي وَصَفْتُ لَكَ فَإِذَا انْتَهَيْتَ إِلَى الْبَابِ الَّذِي ٠ِنْ قِبَلِ الصَّفَا بَعْدَ ٠َا تُجَاوِزُ الْوَادِيَ فَاكْفُفْ عَنِ السَّعْيِ وَا٠َا السَّعْيُ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ وَلَيْسَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ سَعْيٌ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘When you reach the first house on your right side in the beginning of the valley, then walk faster like running slowly until the beginning of the lanes on your right side, then stop Sa‘y (walking faster like running slowly) after you pass the valley toward al- Marwah. When you reach it stop walking fast and walk normally.

When you are coming back from al- Marwah then in the beginning of the lanes which I mentioned begin Sa‘y (walking faster like running slowly) and when you arrive at the door from the side of al-Safa’ after passing the valley then stop Sa‘y (walking faster like running slowly) and walk normally. Sa‘y (walking faster like running slowly) is for men only.

Sa‘y in such manner is not for women.”’ وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/71))