Hadith #487
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ فِطْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الطُّفَيْلِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ قَوْمَكَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ رَمَلَ بِالْبَيْتِ وَأَنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ قَالَ صَدَقُوا وَكَذَبُوا قُلْتُ كَيْفَ صَدَقُوا وَكَذَبُوا قَالَ قَدْ رَمَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْبَيْتِ وَلَيْسَ بِسُنَّةٍ قَدْ رَمَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَصْحَابُهُ وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ عَلَى جَبَلِ قُعَيْقِعَانَ فَبَلَغَهُ أَنَّهُمْ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ أَنَّ بِهِمْ هَزْلًا فَأَمَرَ بِهِمْ أَنْ يَرْمُلُوا لِيُرِيَهُمْ أَنَّ بِهِمْ قُوَّةً
Isnad Chain
يحيى
أبو الطفيل
English Translation
Yahya narrated from Fitr, Abu al-Tufayl narrated to us, who said: I said to Ibn 'Abbas: 'Your people claim that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed ramal (brisk walking) around the House, and that it is a sunnah.' He said: 'They spoke truth and they spoke falsehood.' I said: 'How did they speak truth and speak falsehood?' He said: 'the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did perform ramal around the House, but it is not a (permanent) sunnah. the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his Companions performed ramal while the polytheists were on Mount Qu'ayqi'an. It reached him that they were saying that the Muslims were weakened (by fever), so he commanded them to perform ramal to show the polytheists that they had strength.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 8, Hadith 487
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 1925
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-38315