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tirmidhi:863Qutaybah > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah only performed the Sa'i of the House and of As-Safa and Al-Marwah to show his strength to the idolaters."  

الترمذي:٨٦٣حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

إِنَّمَا سَعَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْبَيْتِ وَبَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ لِيُرِيَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قُوَّتَهُ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ وَجَابِرٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَسْتَحِبُّهُ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ أَنْ يَسْعَى بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْعَ وَمَشَى بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ رَأَوْهُ جَائِزًا

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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
bukhari:1649ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed Tawaf of the Kaʿba and the Saʿi of Safa and Marwa so as to show his strength to the pagans.  

البخاري:١٦٤٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

إِنَّمَا سَعَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْبَيْتِ وَبَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ لِيُرِيَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قُوَّتَهُ زَادَ الْحُمَيْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو سَمِعْتُ عَطَاءً عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ مِثْلَهُ  

bukhari:4257Muḥammad > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAmr > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ hastened in going around the Kaʿba and between the Safa and Marwa in order to show the pagans his strength. Ibn ʿAbbas added, "When the Prophet ﷺ arrived (at Mecca) in the year of peace (following that of Al-Hudaibiya treaty with the pagans of Mecca), he (ordered his companions) to do Ramal in order to show their strength to the pagans and the pagans were watching (the Muslims) from (the hill of) Quaiqan.  

البخاري:٤٢٥٧حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

إِنَّمَا سَعَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالْبَيْتِ وَبَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ لِيُرِيَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قُوَّتَهُ  

nasai:2979Abū ʿAmmār al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth > Sufyān > ʿAmr > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Prophet walked rapidly betwwne As-Safa and Al-Marwah to show the idolaters that he was strong."  

النسائي:٢٩٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمَّارٍ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

إِنَّمَا سَعَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ لِيُرِيَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قُوَّتَهُ  

tabarani:11381Bishr b. Mūsá > al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ only ran between Safa and Marwah in order to show the strength to the polytheists."  

الطبراني:١١٣٨١حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«إِنَّمَا سَعَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ لِيُرِيَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قُوَّتَهُ»  

nasai-kubra:3959Abū ʿAmmār al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth al-Marwazī > Sufyān > ʿAmr > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Prophet walked rapidly betwwne As-Safa and Al-Marwah to show the idolaters that he was strong." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2979)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٩٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمَّارٍ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

إِنَّمَا «سَعَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ لِيُرِيَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قُوَّتَهُ»  

bayhaqi:9275Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb Imlāʾ > Abū And ʾIbrāhīm b. Muḥammad > Ibrāhīm > Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah al-Ḍabbī > Sufyān > ʿAmr > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, may ﷺ , made efforts between the Safa and Marwa hills to show the strength to the disbelievers.  

البيهقي:٩٢٧٥وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ إِمْلَاءً حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

إِنَّمَا سَعَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْبَيْتِ وَبَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ؛ لِيُرِيَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قُوَّتَهُ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَةَ وَغَيْرِهِ
bayhaqi:9276Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbdūs > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd > ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī > Sufyān > ʿAmr > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ hastened in going around the Kaʿba and between the Safa and Marwa in order to show the pagans his strength. Ibn ʿAbbas added, "When the Prophet ﷺ arrived (at Mecca) in the year of peace (following that of Al-Hudaibiya treaty with the pagans of Mecca), he (ordered his companions) to do Ramal in order to show their strength to the pagans and the pagans were watching (the Muslims) from (the hill of) Quaiqan. (Using translation from Bukhārī 4257)   

البيهقي:٩٢٧٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ عَبْدُوسٍ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

إِنَّمَا سَعَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْبَيْتِ وَبَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ؛ لِيُرِيَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قُوَّتَهُ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ