Sa'i
Is the sa'ie and umrah still valid if a pilgrim stops to drink zamzam water during sa'ie and resumes without stepping back a few paces?
Answer in brief
A pilgrim who stops to drink zamzam water at the designated spots along the sa'ie track does not need to step back a few paces before resuming. Every step taken within the mas'a area and on the correct path counts as sa'ie, so the sa'ie is valid and need not be repeated. The ruling differs if the person leaves the mas'a, for example by moving to another floor midway through a lap. In that case the person resumes from the point where he stopped, based on his strong estimate, and stepping back a few paces is recommended as a precaution.
Summary written by DHUMY from the Malay original and checked against it.
Berdasarkan kepada persoalan di atas, setelas diteliti pandangan para ulama mengenainya, kami berpendapat bahawa seseorang yang minum air zamzam di tempat yang disediakan sepanjang laluan mas'a, tidak perlu berundur dua tiga langkah ketika mahu menyambung dan meneruskan ibadah sa'ienya.
Source
IRSYAD HUKUM HAJI DAN KORBAN SIRI KE-30 : ADAKAH PERLU BERUNDUR DUA TIGA LANGKAH SELEPAS BERHENTI MINUM AIR ZAMZAM SEMASA SA‘IE?Office of the Mufti of the Federal Territories · Irsyad al-Fatwa: Hajj & Sacrifice edition · Published 8 January 2020
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