Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that hisfather said, "Once when I was young I said to A'isha, umm al-muminin,'Have you seen the saying of Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, "Safa andMarwa are among the waymarks of Allah, so whoever does hajj or umra tothe House, there is no harm in his going between them," so it followsthat there should be no harm for some one who does not go betweenthem.'A'isha said, 'No. If it were as you say, there wouldbe no harm in his not going between them. This ayat was only revealedabout the Ansar. They used to make pilgrimage to Manat, and Manat wasan idol near Qudayd, and they used to avoid going between Safa andMarwa, and when Islam came they asked the Messenger of Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, about this and Allah, the Blessedand Exalted, revealed, "Safa and Marwa are among the waymarks ofAllah, so whoever does hajj or umra to the House, there is no harm inhis going between them. " ' "
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 20, Hadith 130
Arabic reference: Book 20, Hadith 833