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ahmad:27140Sufyān > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Yazīd from his father > Sibāʿ b. Thābit

[Machine] I heard the people of Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic era) circumambulating (the Kaaba) while saying, "Today we have fastened a rope to the two Marwahs (hills)."  

أحمد:٢٧١٤٠حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سِبَاعِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَهْلَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَطُوفُونَ وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ[البحر الرجز]الْيَوْمُ قَرْنَا عَيْنَا بِقْرَعِ الْمَرْوَتَيْنَا