Hadith #103
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَب
ْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَوْ قَالَ لَهُ غَيْرِي مَا لِي أَرَاكَ تَمْشِي وَالنَّاسُ يَسْعَوْنَ فَقَالَ إِنْ أَمْشِ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمْشِي وَإِنْ أَسْعَى فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْعَى وَأَنَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ
Isnad Chain
هاشم
أبو خيثمة
عطاء بن السائب
كثير بن جمهان
English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) — via Hashim, from Abu Khaythama, from 'Ata' ibn al-Sa'ib, from Kathir ibn Jumhan — that he said [or: that someone else said to him]: 'O Abu 'Abd al-Rahman, why do I see you walking [at a normal pace] while the people are brisk-walking [sa'y]?' He said: 'If I walk — I have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ walk. And if I brisk-walk — I have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ brisk-walk. But I am a very old man.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 15, Hadith 103
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 5741
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-42131