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nasai-kubra:3956 – Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ al-Naysābūrī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Jazarī > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Raʾayt Ibn ʿUmar Yamshī Bayn al-Ṣafā And al-Marwah Thum

"I saw Ibn Umar walking between As-Safa and Al-Marwah. He said: 'I am walking because I saw the Messenger of Allah Walking, and I hasten because I saw the Messenger of Allah hasten.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2976)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٩٥٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ الْجَزَرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَمْشِي بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ

«إِنْ مَشَيْتُ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْشِي وَإِنْ سَعَيْتُ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْعَى»  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
nasai:2976 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Bishr b. al-Sarī > Sufyān > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Kathīr b. Jumhān > Raʾayt Ibn ʿUmar Yamshī Bayn al-Ṣafā And al-Marwah

"I saw Ibn Umar walking between As-Safa and Al-Marwah. He said: 'I am walking because I saw the Messenger of Allah Walking, and I hasten because I saw the Messenger of Allah hasten.'"  

النسائي:٢٩٧٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَمْشِي بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ فَقَالَ

إِنْ أَمْشِي فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَمْشِي وَإِنْ أَسْعَى فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْعَى  

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  

tirmidhi:864 – Yūsuf b. ʿĪsá > Ibn Fuḍayl > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Kathīr b. Jumhān

"I saw Ibn Umar walking at the place of Sa'i so I said to him: 'Do you walk at the place of Sa'i between As-Safa and Al-Marwah?' He said: 'If I performed Sa'i, then it is because I saw the Messenger of Allah performing Sa'i there, and if I walked, then it is because I have seen the Messenger of Allah walking. And I am an old man.'"  

الترمذي:٨٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَمْشِي فِي السَّعْىِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَتَمْشِي فِي السَّعْىِ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ قَالَ

لَئِنْ سَعَيْتُ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْعَى وَلَئِنْ مَشَيْتُ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَمْشِي وَأَنَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَرُوِيَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ نَحْوُهُ
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:6393 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Jazarī > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Raʾayt Ibn ʿUmar Yamshī Bayn al-Ṣafā And al-Marwah Thum

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:٦٣٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ الْجَزَرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَمْشِي بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ

إِنْ مَشَيْتُفَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْشِي وَإِنْ سَعَيْتُ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْعَى  

ahmad:5143 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > ʿAṭāʾ > Kathīr b. Jumhān Qālaraʾayt Ibn ʿUmar Yamshī Bayn al-Ṣafā And al-Marwah Faqult Tamshī

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:٥١٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ قَالَرَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَمْشِي بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ فَقُلْتُ تَمْشِي؟ فَقَالَ

إِنْ أَمْشِ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْشِي وَإِنْ أَسْعَ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْعَى  

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