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nasai-kubra:3927Qutaybah b. Saʿīd And ʿAbd Allāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Zuhrī > Sufyān > ʿAmr > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ ran between Safa and Marwa and around the Kaaba to show the strength of Islam to the pagans. Abdullah said, "I only understand the action but not its purpose as I intended."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٩٢٧أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الزُّهْرِيُّ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

إِنَّمَا «سَعَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ وَبِالْبَيْتِ لِيُرِيَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قُوَّتَهُ» اللَّفْظُ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ «إِنَّمَا سَعَى لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ كَمَا أَرَدْتُ»