Sa'i

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Sa'i is an Islamic pilgrimage ritual involving walking seven times between the hills of Safa and Marwa in Mecca, commemorating Hagar’s search for water for her son Ishmael.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sa'i canonical 1
Sa'i means striving or walking briskly 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic ritual ⓘ
associatedProphet Prophet Ibrahim ⓘ
Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad
associatedWith Zamzam Well ⓘ
category Islamic pilgrimage ritual ⓘ
commemorates Hagar ⓘ
Hagar’s search for water ⓘ
Ishmael ⓘ
conveysConcept perseverance ⓘ
trust in God ⓘ
currentLocationType enclosed gallery in Grand Mosque ⓘ
directionFirstLeg Safa to Marwa ⓘ
directionSecondLeg Marwa to Safa ⓘ
distanceApproximatePerCircuit about 394 meters ⓘ
genderSegregationPractice men and women perform together ⓘ
hasFixedRoute between Safa and Marwa only ⓘ
hasGreenMarkerSection yes ⓘ
historicalLocationType valley between Safa and Marwa ⓘ
involvesWalkingBetween Marwa ⓘ
Safa ⓘ
languageOfTerm Arabic ⓘ
literalMeaning effort ⓘ
striving ⓘ
menRunLightlyBetween green markers ⓘ
minimumAgeRequirement none if accompanied by guardian ⓘ
numberOfCircuits 7 ⓘ
partOf Manasik al-Hajj ⓘ
linked to: Hajj

Manasik al-Umrah ⓘ
linked to: Umrah
performedAfter Tawaf ⓘ
performedAt Masjid al-Haram ⓘ
performedBy Muslim pilgrims ⓘ
performedDuringHajjDays Dhul-Hijjah ⓘ
linked to: Dhu al-Hijjah
performedInCity Mecca ⓘ
performedInCountry Saudi Arabia ⓘ
performedInStateOf Ihram ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
requiredForValidityOf Hajj ⓘ
Umrah ⓘ
ritualSequencePosition after Tawaf and before halq or taqsir ⓘ
scripturalBasis Hadith literature ⓘ
Quran 2:158 ⓘ
totalDistanceApproximate about 2.76 kilometers ⓘ
womenRunLightlyBetween no ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sa'i between Safa and Marwa → meaningOfName → Sa'i means striving or walking briskly ⓘ
subject linked to: performed by Prophet Muhammad
linked to: Sa'i