Mecca’s two mountains. There he would proclaim Allah’s greatness and oneness and supplicate to Allah Most High. Today, two raised platforms have been built upon them. Anyone who reaches the foot of the structure has performed a valid saʿy, even without climbing onto it.

The pilgrim makes seven traversals between al-Safā and al-Marwah, beginning at al-Safā and ending at al-Marwah. It is recommended to run along the valley floor, from one marker to the other—the two landmarks located there. If he does not run along the valley floor but walks at his usual pace throughout the distance between al-Safā and al-Marwah, his saʿy is valid by scholarly agreement, and nothing further is required of him.

No prayer is prescribed after traversing between al-Safā and al-Marwah. Prayer is prescribed only after circumambulating the House, according to the Sunnah of Allah’s Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the agreement of the early generations and the leading scholars.

Once he has traversed between al-Safā and al-Marwah, he leaves ihrām, just as the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, commanded his Companions to leave ihrām after traversing between them. The exception is anyone who has brought a sacrificial animal: he does not leave ihrām until he slaughters it. Those performing Hajj alone, or combining Hajj and ʿUmrah in a single ihrām, do not leave ihrām until the Day of Sacrifice. It is recommended that the pilgrim shorten his hair, leaving shaving for Hajj; this is also what the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, commanded them to do. Once he leaves ihrām, everything that ihrām had forbidden him becomes permissible again.

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When the Day of al-Tarwiyah arrives, he enters ihrām and recites the talbiyah for Hajj, doing as he did at the