A common mistake is to count Safa → Marwa → Safa as one traversal. The text instead calls the first Safa-to-Marwa movement one shawṭ.
Counting round trips instead of one-way movements produces the wrong total. Count each individual crossing.
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The common counting error
Book of Hajj: Sa’y between Safa and Marwa and the Day of Tarwiyah
A common mistake is to count Safa → Marwa → Safa as one traversal. The text instead calls the first Safa-to-Marwa movement one shawṭ.
Counting round trips instead of one-way movements produces the wrong total. Count each individual crossing.