Endnotes
1. Al-Sayyid al-Hakim says: "It is not obligatory to hasten to perform the sa'y after finishing the tawaf and its salat, but it is also not permissible to delay voluntarily until the next day." Al-Sayyid al-Khu'i says, "It is binding on one not to make a considerable delay without need in performing the sa’y after the tawaf and its salat, and it is not permissible to delay it intentionally until the next day." I say, these verdicts of the two scholars are supported by sahih ahadith.
2. Harwalah is a kind of walk which resembles that of a camel when it wants to pick up speed. According to the Imamiyyah, if the one performing the sa’y is riding, he should spur it to make the beast walk faster.
3. The author of al-Mizan quotes Abu Hanifah to the effect that he does not see any objection in the converse, i.e. performing of the sa’y by starting at Marwah and finishing at Saf’a.
4. Al-Sayyid al-Hakim in his book on the manasik of Hajj says that muwalat (continuity of succession) is not required in the ashwal of the sa’y, and it is permissible to separate or interrupt them--even after a single shawt--and to pick up the count again after the break.