Chapter on the Ruling for One Who Interrupts Sa'i Due to Prayer or Other Reasons
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 80
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 80
Chapter on the Ruling for One Who Interrupts Sa'i Due to Prayer or Other Reasons
وَ رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلنُّعْمَانِ وَ صَفْوَانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى اَلْأَزْرَقِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَسْعَى بَيْنَ اَلصَّفَا وَ اَلْمَرْوَةِ فَيَسْعَى ثَلاَثَةَ أَشْوَاطٍ أَوْ أَرْبَعَةً فَيَلْقَاهُ اَلصَّدِيقُ فَيَدْعُوهُ إِلَى اَلْحَاجَةِ أَوْ إِلَى اَلطَّعَامِ قَالَ «إِنْ أَجَابَهُ فَلاَ بَأْسَ وَ لَكِنْ يَقْضِي حَقَّ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ حَقَّ صَاحِبِهِ ».
Ali ibn al-Nu'man and Safwan narrated from Yahya al-Azraq, who said: I asked Abu al-Hasan عليه السلام about a man performing Sa'i (ritual walking) between Safa and Marwah. If he completes three or four circuits and then meets a friend who invites him to fulfill a need or to have food, what should he do? Imam عليه السلام replied: "If he responds to him, there is no harm in it, but fulfilling the right of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty, is more beloved to me than fulfilling the right of his companion."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh