حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَصْحَابُهُ مَكَّةَ وَقَدْ وَهَنَتْهُمْ حُمَّى يَثْرِبَ فَقَالَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ إِنَّهُ لَقَدْ قَدِمَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَوْمٌ قَدْ وَهَنَتْهُمْ حُمَّى يَثْرِبَ وَلَقُوا مِنْهَا شَرًّا فَجَلَسَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ مِنْ النَّاحِيَةِ الَّتِي تَلِي الْحِجْرَ فَأَطْلَعَ اللَّهُ نَبِيَّهُ عَلَى مَا قَالُوا فَأَمَرَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَرْمُلُوا الْأَشْوَاطَ الثَّلَاثَةَ لِيَرَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ جَلَدَهُمْ قَالَ فَرَمَلُوا ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْوَاطٍ وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَمْشُوا بَيْنَ الرُّكْنَيْنِ حَيْثُ لَا يَرَاهُمْ الْمُشْرِكُونَ وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَلَمْ يَمْنَعْ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَأْمُرَهُمْ أَنْ يَرْمُلُوا الْأَشْوَاطَ كُلَّهَا إِلَّا الْإِبْقَاءُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ أَنَّ الْحُمَّى قَدْ وَهَنَتْهُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ أَجْلَدُ مِنْ كَذَا وَكَذَا
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2686
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (RA) said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) and his companions came [to Makkah] when the fever of Yathrib had weakened them, and the mushrikeen said: There have come to you people who have been weakened by the fever of Yathrib and it has had a bad impact on them. The mushrikeen sat beside the Hijr, and Allah informed the Prophet (PBUH) of what they had said, so the Messenger of Allah instructed them [his Companions] to trot (rami) in the first three circuits, to show the mushrikeen how strong they were. So they trotted (rami) in the first three circuits, and he told them to walk between the two corners where the mushrikeen could not see them. Ibn 'Abbas (PBUH) said: Nothing prevented him from telling them to trot in all the circuits except kindness towards them. And the mushrikeen said: Are these the ones who you said have been weakened by the fever? These are stronger than such and such.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020