لَمَّا دَنَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنَ الصَّفَا قَرَأَ: ﴿إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعَآئِرِ اللَّهِ﴾ أَبْدَأُ بِمَا بَدَأَ اللَّهُ بِهِ)) فَبَدَأَ بِالصَّفَا فَرَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى رَأَى الْبَيْتَ، فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ، فَوَحَّدَ اللَّهَ وَكبَّرَهُ وَقَالَ: ((لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ، أَنْجَزَ وَعْدَهُ، وَنَصَرَ عَبْدَهُ، وَهَزَمَ الْأَحْزَابَ وَحْدَهُ، ثُمَّ دَعَا بَيْنَ ذلكَ. قَالَ مِثْلَ هَذَا ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ)) الْحَدِيثُ. وَفِيهِ: ((فَفَعَلَ عَلَى الْمَرْوَةِ كَمَا فَعَلَ عَلَى الصَّفَا)).
Lammā danā an-nabiyyu ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam mina aṣ-ṣafā qaraʾa: "inna aṣ-ṣafā wal-marwata min shaʿaʾāʾiri allāhi" abdaʾu bimā badaʾa allāhu bihi)) fabadaʾa biṣ-ṣafā faraqiya ʿalayhi ḥattā raʾā al-bayta, fastaqbala al-qiblata, fawaḥḥada allāha wakbbarahu waqāla: ((lā ilaha illā allāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lahu, lahu al-mulku walahu al-ḥamdu wahuwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun, lā ilaha illā allāhu waḥdahu, anjaza waʿdahu, wanaṣara ʿabdahu, wahazama al-ʾaḥzāba waḥdahu, thumma daʿā bayna dhlka. Qāla mithla hadhā thalātha marrātin)) al-ḥadīthu. Wafīhi: ((fafaʿala ʿalā al-marwati kamā faʿala ʿalā aṣ-ṣafā)).
(Jabir said when describing the Prophet’s pilgrimage: ‘…and when he approached mount Safa he recited: (Indeed Safa and Marwah are from the places of worship of Allah…) (I begin with what Allah began with.) so he started with Safa and climed it until he could see the KaAAbah, he then faced it and said: (Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest.) and then he would say the following three times making a supplication (one should make a personal supplication) after each time: (None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, alone, without partner.To Him belongs all sovereignty and praise and He is over all things amnipotent. None has the right to be worshipped except Allah alone. He fulfilled His promise, aided His Servant and single-handedly defeated the allies.)) (he would repeat this action at Marwah.)