٩ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الأَعْرَجِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَرَكَ شَيْئاً مِنَ الرَّمَلِ فِي سَعْيِهِ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ قَالَ لا شَيْ‏ءَ عَلَيْهِ وَرُوِيَ أَنَّ الْمَسْعَى كَانَ أَوْسَعَ مِمَّا هُوَ الْيَوْمَ وَلَكِنَّ النَّاسَ ضَيَّقُوهُ.
9. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Malik ibn ‘Atiyyah from Sa‘id al-’A‘raj who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah , about a man who did not walk faster between the two signs during Sa‘y of al-Safa’ and al-Marwah. He (the Imam) replied, ‘It is not necessary for him to do anything.’ It is narrated that the area of “al-Mas‘a (the area for Sa‘y)’” was greater than it is today. People have reduced this area.’” 