Masnoon as- Sa'iy

Sa'iy Procedures - upper or lower floor

Sa'iy and Rami means to strive and hurry. In the tawaaf there is no hurrying. In Sa'iy there is a sense of urgency and concentration. This comes from the original procedures in place from ancient times. The story of Hagar (rd) and Ishma'el (as) was when she was abandoned in the Miqat without water. In the manner of the pagans of the times, she ran back and forth as a type of worship to gain the grace of whatever deity that was being worshipped. In the case of Ibraheem's (as) family, he was worshipping the "Most High GOD", so the Sa'iy was to ask GOD for help from the forsaken condition she (rd) and her child (as) were in. As a result of these 7 frantic passes between Safaa and Marwa, Jibra'el (as) came in the form of a horse and the hooves opened a spring of ZumZum, as a grace, so survival was possible. So the hurrying is a bother, but that is part of it, and is needed so when you get the relief, it is sweet. The water itself has several minerals in it (5), for healing.

Intention - entering Safaa

Qur'an - 1st time

Takbir - facing Kab'a

Du'a - one for each pass

Shawat - repeat dhikrs as your guide does, or as you know better.

Repeat - 6 times using the appropriate dua' and words

Salaat - 2 nafl salaat to seal it off, in the area proximate to Marwa, or on east side of Kab'a.

ZumZum - as in tawaaf, you get the cooling and thirst quenched

So in that same striving manner, we make Saiy. You see many kinds of Tariqaat striving take form following in the example of Sa'iy. This includes many of the prayer words, which you will find quite familiar, and performing duties where going and coming back is required, and often it must needs be active and concentrated with many rules and procedures to follow, as a himmat. You will find a lot of work taking place, then after that comes the ZumZum of the suhbat and dhikr with the shaykh. First you strive, then you get the thirst satisfied.

In this sense, the Hajj with it's tawaaf and sa'iy, is a template for Tariqat aqida and sulook. What takes 2 weeks in Hajj, when transformed into tariqat, becomes 7 stages of life, or 7 x 2 = 14 or 7 inner & 7 outer sajedahs.

For a reference on this, see: http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=IC0405-2299

7 Phases of prophet Muhammad's (sal) life.

Qur'an Proof of Sanctity

2:158
inni as-safaa wa al-marwata min sha'aa'iri illaah.

fa min hajja al-baita awi i'tmara fa laa junaaha 'alayhi an yattawwafa bihi maa

wa min tatawwa'a khayran fi inna allaaha shaakirun 'aleemun.
[Hence,] behold, As-Safaa and Al-marwah are among the symbols set up by God; and thus, no wrong does he who, having come to the Temple on pilgrimage or on a pious visit, strides to and fro between these two: for, if one does more good than he is bound to do-behold, God is responsive to gratitude, all-knowing. [M. Asad]

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Intention for Sa'iy

allaahumma inni uriydu as-sa'ay baina as-safaa wa al-marwata

Oh GOD, surety You are, I wish the striving (Sa'iy) by the signs of Safaa and Marwa

sab'ata ashwaatin li wajhika al-kareem.

by 7 courses to Your purposeful guiding countenance, the bountiful & noble.

fa yassirtu liy wa taqabbalhu min niy.

then easing & enabling me, and You sanctify & make it acceptable from me.

There is no source of power except GOD. GOD was before creation, and will exist after creation is annulated. GOD is the only source of grace, except as He may allow by His graceful providence of Life. Since He is the only un-denatured grace, His purity shows His almighty greatness. GOD is invisible & unknown to creation, except as a source of gracious power. There seem to be lesser powers, as gods we serve by imitation, befitting our ego, but GOD can not be imitated. True worship is not ingratiation through imitation, but exists as unity through prayer. Because He shares Himself as prayer He is the state of praise, and from Him comes any praise worthy attributes. Creations both in unseeing darkness (evening torpor) and knowing light (morning energy) glorify, praise, and worship Him, even though it seems darkness does not, He has fashioned His grace to manifest worlds we do not belong to or understand. Only He understands what He has created. Only He knows how to sustain and protect all those worlds in all those universes of existence. As only God, from the primal (min qabl) beginning, understand and enliven (yuhyee), also He alone can end through extinction (yumeet), then remain (min badi'a).

Within that Mystery is a secret. That secret was chosen as the universal template from which the creation was fashioned. Surety, GOD and the majestic angels are prayerfully interceding upon this secret, the secret known by the name nabiy, or messenger. Oh all of us that believe, intercede prayerfully upon the nabiy similarly as GOD and angels do, invoking surrender in submission that leads to freedom from false gods and imitations, upon a gratifying peace.

The beginning is the source of the hidden glorification; and the end is the source of the obvious physical glorification. From this chosen template, rich in gratifying attributes, come all the diversity of creation good & bad, known & unknown, seen & unseen. God is the (dhat) essence, of the first image, the nabiy (sal). Subsequently the nabiy (sal) is the example (siffat) of the image of creation. The forms have stations befitting their creation (akhlaq), from their order, the first born (awwal) are unseen beings (batin), and the last born (akhir) are manifest (zahar). As that is nabiy (sal), there are both deeds ('amal) and intentions (niyyat) that must be grouped (ajma'een) al-awwal 'ayn al-batin tikunna an-niyyat wa al-akhir 'ayn az-zohar tikunn al-'amal.

Through all praise and glorification we seek to unify (yajammi'a ajma'een kulli sha'iy raja'un lillaahi qadireen) through God's power, a returning of everything to one group. This is the duty and why we ask for intercession on all the aspects of the chosen best example (nabiy mustafa khairi khalqi). This applies to the well known physical manifestations and also to all the secret manifestations as well, as one group (ajma'een).

salla allaahu ta'alaa

intercede GOD, You are the Most High

'alay khairi khalqi

upon the best creation

nuwr 'arshihi

light of Your Throne

afdal al-ambiyaa'i wa al-mursaleen

preferred & perfected of the witnessing prophets and messengers

habeebi rabbi il-'aalameen

beloved refuge of the LORD's complete universes

yaa habeebinaa

oh beloved, emulated

yaa shafi'inaa

oh healing medicine

yaa sayyideena

oh beneficent viceroy

yaa sanadinaa

oh empowered support

yaa maulaanaa

oh helping benefactor

yaa wasiylatinaa

oh enabled connector

lillaahi

through GOD alone

muhammadin

Muhammad (sal)

wa 'alay aalihi

and upon his family

wa sahbihi

and his learned companions

ajma'een bi rahmaatika

gathered & adhering through Your mercies

yaa arhama ar-raahimeen

oh merciful relief & compassion

yaa nuwr al-anwaari

oh Light of lights

yaa sirr il-asraari

oh Secret of secrets

yaa sayyid il-abraari

oh master example of the absolving purity

al-faatihi lima ughliqa

opener to what has been closed

wa al-khaatimi lima sabaqa

and finisher in what came before

yaa nasir al-haqq li il-haqq

oh supporting Truth explaining through Reality

wa al-haadiy 'alay as-siraatika il-mustaqeem

and skillful guide upon Your path of the only effective way

wa ^alaa aaalihi

and upon his people

haqq qad*rihi

true power is his

wa muq*daarihi il-'azheem

and (sworn by) his ranking executive position (and that is of) the highest tremendous order

 

17:60 B’ismillaahi ir-rahmaan ir-raheem.

And (it was a warning) when We told thee: Lo! thy Lord encompasseth mankind, and We appointed the vision which We showed thee as an ordeal for mankind, and (likewise) the Accursed Tree (muntaha) in the Qur'an. We warn them, but it increaseth them in naught save gross impiety.

A depiction of Rasoolallaah (sal) making intercession at the Shajarat al-Muntaha. The Muntiha is explained in ayyat al-‘Isra’ 17:60, and of course the Ibn Abbas account of the ‘Isra’ wa al-Mir’aj in the hadith. There are many accounts where Rasoolallaah (sal) is explained as the “shafi’a”, he (sal) is standing as intercessor in a manner like what is described in this dua’ for Sa’iy.