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ahmad:3250ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ayyūb And Kathīr b. Kathīr b. al-Muṭṭalib b. Abū Wadāʿah Yazīd Aḥaduhumā > al-Ākhar > Saʿīd b. Jubayr

[Machine] "If it were not for the water of Zamzam, it would have been a stagnant pond." Ibn Abbas said that the Prophet ﷺ said, "So it was her mother, Umm Isma'il, who was yearning for companionship. They stayed there, and sent word to their people. They stayed with them. He said in his narration, 'So she descended from As-Safa until she reached the valley and raised her dress, then she rushed like a person exerting himself until she passed the valley, then she came to Al-Marwah and stood on it, looking if she could see anyone. But she could not see anyone, so she did that seven times.' Ibn Abbas said, 'The Prophet ﷺ said, 'So that is why people perform Sa'y between them.'"  

أحمد:٣٢٥٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ وَكَثِيرِ بْنِ كَثِيرِ بْنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَبِي وَدَاعَةَ يَزِيدُ أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى الْآخَرِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَوَّلُ مَا اتَّخَذَتِ النِّسَاءُ الْمِنْطَقَ مِنْ قِبَلِ أُمِّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ اتَّخَذَتْ مِنْطَقًا لِتُعَفِّيَ أَثَرَهَا عَلَى سَارَةَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ رَحِمَ اللهُ أُمَّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ لَوْ تَرَكَتْ زَمْزَمَ أَوْ قَالَ

لَوْ لَمْ تَغْرِفْ مِنَ الْمَاءِ لَكَانَتْ زَمْزَمُ عَيْنًا مَعِينًا قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَلْفَى ذَلِكَ أُمَّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَهِيَ تُحِبُّ الْأُنْسَ فَنَزَلُوا وَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَى أَهْلِيهِمْ فَنَزَلُوا مَعَهُمْ وَقَالَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ فَهَبَطَتْ مِنَ الصَّفَا حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْوَادِيَ رَفَعَتْ طَرَفَ دِرْعِهَا ثُمَّ سَعَتْ سَعْيَ الْإِنْسَانِ الْمَجْهُودِ حَتَّى جَاوَزَتِ الْوَادِيَ ثُمَّ أَتَتِ الْمَرْوَةَ فَقَامَتْ عَلَيْهَا وَنَظَرَتْ هَلْ تَرَى أَحَدًا فَلَمْ تَرَ أَحَدًا فَفَعَلَتْ ذَلِكَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَلِذَلِكَ سَعْيُ النَّاسِ بَيْنَهُمَا