\nNarrated `Asim bin Sulaiman:\n \n\nI asked Anas bin Malik about Safa and Marwa. Anas replied, "We used to consider (i.e. going around) \nthem a custom of the Pre-islamic period of Ignorance, so when Islam came, we gave up going around \nthem. Then Allah revealed" "Verily, Safa and Marwa (i.e. two mountains at Mecca) are among the \nSymbols of Allah. So it is not harmful of those who perform the Hajj of the House (of Allah) or \nperform the Umra to ambulate (Tawaf) between them." (2.158)\n

\nNarrated `Asim bin Sulaiman:\n \n\nI asked Anas bin Malik about Safa and Marwa. Anas replied, "We used to consider (i.e. going around) \nthem a custom of the Pre-islamic period of Ignorance, so when Islam came, we gave up going around \nthem. Then Allah revealed" "Verily, Safa and Marwa (i.e. two mountains at Mecca) are among the \nSymbols of Allah. So it is not harmful of those who perform the Hajj of the House (of Allah) or \nperform the Umra to ambulate (Tawaf) between them." (2.158)\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ الصَّفَا، وَالْمَرْوَةِ،‏.‏ فَقَالَ كُنَّا نَرَى أَنَّهُمَا مِنْ أَمْرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ الإِسْلاَمُ أَمْسَكْنَا عَنْهُمَا، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى ‏{‏إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ ‏}‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ‏{‏أَنْ يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَا‏}‏‏.‏