حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرٌ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ وَاثِلَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ قَوْمَكَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ رَمَلَ وَأَنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ قَالَ صَدَقَ قَوْمِي وَكَذَبُوا قَدْ رَمَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَيْسَتْ بِسُنَّةٍ وَلَكِنَّهُ قَدِمَ وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ عَلَى جَبَلِ قُعَيْقِعَانَ فَتَحَدَّثُوا أَنَّ بِهِ وَبِأَصْحَابِهِ هَزْلًا وَجَهْدًا وَشِدَّةً فَأَمَرَ بِهِمْ فَرَمَلُوا بِالْبَيْتِ لِيُرِيَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُصِبْهُمْ جَهْدٌ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2077
It was narrated that 'Amir bin Wathilah said: I said to Ibn 'Abbas: Your people are saying that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)trotted ( rami - around the Ka'bah) and that it is Sumiah. He said: My people are telling the truth and they are lying. The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) trotted (around the Ka'bah) but it is not Sunnah. He came [to Makkah] when the mushrikeen were on Mount Qu'aiqi'an and saying that they [the Muslims] were emaciated and exhausted, so he told them to trot around the House in order to show them [the mushrikeen] that they were not exhausted.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020