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nasai-kubra:3957Maḥmūd 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:٣٩٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا 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»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī
nasai:2976Maḥmūd 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:٢٩٧٦أَخْبَرَنَا 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:1904al-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:١٩٠٤حَدَّثَنَا 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:864Yūsuf 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:٨٦٤حَدَّثَنَا 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:2988ʿAlī 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:٢٩٨٨حَدَّثَنَا 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:6013Hāshim > 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:٦٠١٣حَدَّثَنَا 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:6393ʿAbd 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:٦٣٩٣حَدَّثَنَا 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:5143ʿAbd 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:٥١٤٣حَدَّثَنَا 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:5257Wakīʿ 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:٥٢٥٧حَدَّثَنَا 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:5265Wakīʿ 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:٥٢٦٥حَدَّثَنَا 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  

bayhaqi:9371Abū 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:٩٣٧١أَخْبَرَنَا 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