Then he -saww turned back to the (Black) Stone, so he -saww kissed it, and he -saww had kissed it during his -saww first circumambulation (Tawaf).
ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعَائِرِ اللَّهِ فَأَبْدَأُ بِمَا بَدَأَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِهِ وَ إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَانُوا يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّ السَّعْيَ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةِ شَيْءٌ صَنَعَهُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِنَّ الصَّفا وَ الْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعائِرِ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ حَجَّ الْبَيْتَ أَوِ اعْتَمَرَ فَلا جُناحَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِما Then he -saww said: ‘Al-Safa and Al-Marwa are from the Rituals of Allah -azwj , therefore begin with what Allah -azwj the Exalted Began with.
And the Muslims were thinking that the Sa’ee between Al-Safa and Al-Marwa was something which the Polytheists used to do. So Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed [2:158] Surely, the Safa and the Marwa are among the Rituals appointed by Allah; so whoever makes a Pilgrimage to the House or pays a visit (to it), there is no blame on him if he goes round them both .
ثُمَّ أَتَى الصَّفَا فَصَعِدَ عَلَيْهِ وَ اسْتَقْبَلَ الرُّكْنَ الْيَمَانِيَّ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَ دَعَا مِقْدَارَ مَا يُقْرَأُ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ مُتَرَسِّلًا ثُمَّ انْحَدَرَ إِلَى الْمَرْوَةِ فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهَا كَمَا وَقَفَ عَلَى الصَّفَا ثُمَّ انْحَدَرَ وَ عَادَ إِلَى الصَّفَا فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ انْحَدَرَ إِلَى الْمَرْوَةِ حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْ سَعْيِهِ Then he -saww came to Al-Safa, so he -saww climbed upon it and faced the Yemeni corner (of the Kabah), and he -saww Praised Allah -azwj and Extolled upon Him -azwj , and supplicated for a measurement of what it takes to recite Surah Al-Baqarah slowly.
Then he -saww went down to Al-Marwa, so he -saww paused upon it just as he -saww had paused upon Al-Safa. Then he -saww came down and returned to Al-Safa. So he -saww paused upon it, then went down to Al-Marwa, until he -saww was free from (doing it) seven (times).