حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ فِطْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الطُّفَيْلِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ قَوْمَكَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ رَمَلَ بِالْبَيْتِ وَأَنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ قَالَ صَدَقُوا وَكَذَبُوا قُلْتُ كَيْفَ صَدَقُوا وَكَذَبُوا قَالَ قَدْ رَمَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْبَيْتِ وَلَيْسَ بِسُنَّةٍ قَدْ رَمَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَصْحَابُهُ وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ عَلَى جَبَلِ قُعَيْقِعَانَ فَبَلَغَهُ أَنَّهُمْ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ أَنَّ بِهِمْ هَزْلًا فَأَمَرَ بِهِمْ أَنْ يَرْمُلُوا لِيُرِيَهُمْ أَنَّ بِهِمْ قُوَّةً
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2029
It was narrated that Abut Tufail said: I said to Ibn 'Abbas: Your people are saying that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)(rami) around the House and that it is Suntmh. He said: They are telling the truth and they are lying. I said: How can they be telling the truth and lying? He said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) trotted around the House but it is not Sunnah, The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) and his Companions came [to Makkah] when the mushrikeen were on Mount Qu'aiqi'an and he heard that they were saying that they [the Muslims] were emaciated, so he told them to trot in order to show them [the mushrikeen] that they had strength.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020