Walking Faster (Running Slowly) in Muhassar Valley

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), once asked one of his sons, ’Did you do Sa‘y (running slowly) in Wadiy Muhassar?’ He replied, ‘No, I did not do so.’ He (the Imam) commanded him to go back to perform Sa‘y (running slowly). His son said, ‘I do not know how to do it.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Ask the people how to do it.’”

“A man passed by Wadiy Muhassar and abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), after his arriving in Makkah commanded him to go back to perform Sa‘y (running slowly).”’ (Fatwa best explains Hadith 1-2 of this Chapter)

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that when passing through the valley of Muhassar, which is a vast valley between Mina and Jam‘, a little nearer to Mina, walk faster until you pass it. The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, stirred his camel and said, ‘O Allah, keep my promise safe, accept my repentance, answer my prayer and be my deputy among those whom I have left behind.’”

“Abu al-Hassan ‘Alayhi al-Salam, has said, ‘Moving in Wadiy Muhassar is for one hundred steps.’”

“I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about the boundaries of Jam‘. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is between al-Mazemin to Wadiy Muhassar.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘The boundaries of al-Muzdalifah are from Muhassar to al-Mazemin.’”

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘What happens if Jam‘ cannot accommodate all people?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘They can go higher to al-Mazemin.’”

“The distance to perform Sa‘y (running slowly) in Wadiy Muhassar is of one hundred yards.’”