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bayhaqi:9371 – Abū Muḥammad Janāḥ b. Nudhayr b. Janāḥ al-Muḥāribī Bi-al-Kūfah > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Duḥaym > Aḥmad b. Ḥāzim b. Abū Gharazah > Abū Nuʿaym > Zuhayr > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Kathīr b. Jumhān > a man

“If I go quickly between Safa and Marwah, that is because I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ going quickly, and if I walk that is because I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ walking, even though I am an old man.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2988)   

البيهقي:٩٣٧١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ جَنَاحُ بْنُ نُذَيْرِ بْنِ جَنَاحٍ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ أنبأ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ دُحَيْمٍ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَازِمِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ أنبأ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

لِابْنِ عُمَرَ فِي السَّعْيِ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ أَرَاكَ تَمْشِي وَالنَّاسُ يَسْعَوْنَ؟ قَالَ إنْ أَمْشِي فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْشِي وَإنْ أَسْعَى فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْعَى وَأَنَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ  

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abudawud:1904 – al-Nufaylī > Zuhayr > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Kathīr b. Jumhān > a man > Liʿabd Allāh b. ʿUmar Bayn al-Ṣafā And al-Marwah Yā Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman Innī Arāk Tamshī Wa-al-Nnās Yasʿawn

A man asked Abdullah ibn Umar between as-Safa and al-Marwah: AbdurRahman, I see you walking while the people are running (between as-Safa and al-Marwah)? He replied: If I walk, I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ running. I am too old.  

أبو داود:١٩٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ أَنَّ رَجُلاً قَالَ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنِّي أَرَاكَ تَمْشِي وَالنَّاسُ يَسْعَوْنَ قَالَ

إِنْ أَمْشِ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَمْشِي وَإِنْ أَسْعَ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْعَى وَأَنَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ  

ibnmajah:2988 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad And ʿAmrū b. ʿAbdullāh > Wakīʿ from my father > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Kathīr b. Jumhān > Ibn ʿUmar

“If I go quickly between Safa and Marwah, that is because I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ going quickly, and if I walk that is because I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ walking, even though I am an old man.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٩٨٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

إِنْ أَسْعَ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْعَى وَإِنْ أَمْشِ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَمْشِي وَأَنَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ  

ahmad:6013 – Hāshim > Abū Khaythamah > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Kathīr b. Jumhān > Yā Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman or > Lah Ghayrī Mā Lī Arāk Tamshī And al-Nnās Yasʿawn

[Machine] I said, "O Abu Abdur Rahman, or someone else said to him, 'Why do I not see you walking while people are walking?' He replied, 'If I walk, I have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ walking, and if I run, I have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ running, and I am an old man.'"  

أحمد:٦٠١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَوْ قَالَ لَهُ غَيْرِي مَا لِي أَرَاكَ تَمْشِي وَالنَّاسُ يَسْعَوْنَ فَقَالَ إِنْ أَمْشِي فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْشِي وَإِنْ أَسْعَى فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْعَى وَأَنَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ  

ahmad:5257 – Wakīʿ from his father > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Kathīr b. Jumhān > Ibn ʿUmar

A man asked Abdullah ibn Umar between as-Safa and al-Marwah: AbdurRahman, I see you walking while the people are running (between as-Safa and al-Marwah)? He replied: If I walk, I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ running. I am too old. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1904)  

أحمد:٥٢٥٧ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

إِنْ أَسْعَى فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْعَى وَإِنْ أَمْشِي فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْشِي وَأَنَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ  

ahmad:5265 – Wakīʿ from his father > ʿAṭāʾ > Kathīr b. Jumhān

A man asked Abdullah ibn Umar between as-Safa and al-Marwah: AbdurRahman, I see you walking while the people are running (between as-Safa and al-Marwah)? He replied: If I walk, I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ running. I am too old. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1904)  

أحمد:٥٢٦٥ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَمْشِي فِي الْوَادِي بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ وَلَا يَسْعَى فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ

إِنْ أَسْعَ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْعَى وَإِنْ أَمْشِ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْشِي وَأَنَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ  

nasai-kubra:3957 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān al-Marwazī > Bishr b. al-Sarī > Sufyān > al-Thawrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Kathīr b. Jumhān > Raʾayt Ibn ʿUmar Yamshī Bayn al-Ṣafā And al-Marwah

A man asked Abdullah ibn Umar between as-Safa and al-Marwah: AbdurRahman, I see you walking while the people are running (between as-Safa and al-Marwah)? He replied: If I walk, I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ running. I am too old. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1904)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٩٥٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَان هُوَ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَمْشِي بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ فَقَالَ

«إِنْ أَمْشِ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْشِي وَإِنْ أَسْعَ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْعَى وَأَنَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ»