Why “no blame” needs context
Read the passage, then inspect what the named report establishes.
The source reading
Quran 2:158 ↗۞ إِنَّ ٱلصَّفَا وَٱلْمَرْوَةَ مِن شَعَآئِرِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَمَنْ حَجَّ ٱلْبَيْتَ أَوِ ٱعْتَمَرَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَن يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَا ۚ وَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَاكِرٌ عَلِيمٌ
Lo! (the mountains) As-Safa and Al-Marwah are among the indications of Allah. It is therefore no sin for him who is on pilgrimage to the House (of Allah) or visiteth it, to go around them (as the pagan custom is). And he who doeth good of his own accord, (for him) lo! Allah is Responsive, Aware.
Marmaduke Pickthall · Uthmani Hafs Arabic · complete selected ayahs
A named account
Narrator attribution: Urwa reporting Aisha
Aisha corrects Urwa’s inference about omitting the walk. She connects the wording to the Ansar’s earlier association with Manat and their hesitation.
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What this establishes
The report explains why an isolated phrase led the questioner to a mistaken conclusion.
What it does not settle
Other transmitted accounts emphasize different earlier practices. This selected report does not establish that every individual had identical hesitation.
Follow the evidence
- Sahih al-Bukhari 1643 ↗Report attributed to Urwa reporting Aisha; original concise paraphrase, not a quotation of the modern English translation.
- Sahih al-Bukhari 4495 ↗A longer parallel report includes further discussion with Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Rahman. Read it alongside Aisha’s account.
- Al-Tafsir al-Muyassar ↗Fetched Arabic commentary. English notes here are original concise paraphrases.
- Ibn Kathir · full Arabic, report-oriented commentary ↗Read the full discussion. A source link does not make every activity prompt a scholarly statement.
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