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ahmad:2305ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > ʿIkrimahaʿan Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ circled (around the Kaaba) seven times and performed the Sa'i (ritual walk between Safa and Marwa mountains), and he only performed the Sa'i so that people would see his strength.  

أحمد:٢٣٠٥حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ طَافَ سَبْعًا وَطَافَ سَعْيًا وَإِنَّمَا سَعَى أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُرِيَ النَّاسَ قُوَّتَهُ  


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ahmad:2829Bahz > Hammām > Qatādah > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ circumambulated the Kaaba seven times and performed the Sa'i (walking between Safa and Marwa) with the intent that people may witness his strength.  

أحمد:٢٨٢٩حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ طَافَ بِالْبَيْتِ سَبْعًا وَسَعَى سَعياً وَإِنَّمَا سَعَى أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُرِيَ النَّاسَ قُوَّتَهُ  

ahmad:2835ʿAbd al-Ṣamad And ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the Sa'y (ritual walking) and performed it again. He performed it to show the strength of the polytheists. He said, "I pardoned them." That is why the Messenger of Allah ﷺ loved to show people his strength.  

أحمد:٢٨٣٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ وَعَفَّانُ قَالا حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

طَافَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَعْيًا وَطَافَ سَعْيًا وَإِنَّمَا طَافَ لِيُرِيَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قُوَّتَهُ وَقَالَ عَفَّانُ وَلِذَا أَحَبَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُرِيَ النَّاسَ قُوَّتَهُ  

tabarani:11827Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī And Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá al-Sājī > Hudbah b. Khālid > Hammām > Qatādah > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ circumambulated seven times and performed Sa'y (running) between Safa and Marwa, because he loved to display his strength to the people."  

الطبراني:١١٨٢٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ وَزَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجِيُّ قَالَا ثنا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ثنا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «طَافَ سَبْعًا فَطَافَ سَعْيًا لِأَنَّهُ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُري النَّاسَ قُوَّتَهُ»