al-Safa

E28291

Hajj site Islamic holy site Umrah site hill

Al-Safa is one of the two small hills inside the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca between which Muslims perform the ritual walk (sa'i) during Hajj and Umrah.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hajj site → Islamic holy site → Umrah site → hill →
access	accessible via Mas'a levels →
associatedWithFigure	Hajar (Hagar) → Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) → Prophet Muhammad →
connectedTo	al-Marwah →
country	Saudi Arabia →
governedBy	General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques →
hasCounterpart	al-Marwah →
hasHistoricalEvent	Hajar’s search for water for Isma'il →
hasLegalStatusInFiqh	integral part of sa'i pillar →
hasModernFeature	connected by multi-level sa'i gallery → enclosed within mosque structure →
hasRitualAction	pilgrims face Kaaba and supplicate → pilgrims recite specific du'a →
hasRitualStatus	sacred → sanctified place →
hasRole	starting point of sa'i →
hasView	overlooks Mas'a corridor →
languageOfName	Arabic →
locatedIn	Makkah Province → Masjid al-Haram → Mecca → Saudi Arabia →
mentionedIn	Qur'an →
mentionedInVerse	Qur'an 2:158 →
minimumSa'iTraversalsFrom	4 →
nameInArabicScript	الصفا →
nearbySite	Kaaba → Zamzam Well →
numberOfSa'iCircuitsStart	1 →
partOf	Masjid al-Haram complex → area between Safa and Marwah (Mas'a) →
partOfRitual	tawaf and sa'i sequence during Hajj → tawaf and sa'i sequence during Umrah →
pilgrimageType	Hajj → Umrah →
religion	Islam →
sa'iDirection	from al-Safa to al-Marwah →
transliteration	As-Safa →
usedFor	Hajj rites → Umrah rites → sa'i ritual →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Masaa gallery for Sa'i ("Safa") → Umrah ("Safa") →	associatedWith
Masjid al-Haram → Masjid al-Haram ("al-Marwah") →	contains
Masaa gallery for Sa'i ("Safa") →	connects
al-Safa ("As-Safa") →	transliteration