مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4628

It was narrated that Naafi' said: When he entered any part of the Haram zone, Ibn 'Umar would stop reciting the Talbiyah, then when lie reached Dhu Tuwa, he would stay there overnight, until morning came. Then he would pray Fajr and do ghusl, and he narrated that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) used to do that. Then he would enter Makkah in the mid-morning. He would go to the Ka'bah, touch the Black Stone, and say: In the name of Allah, Allah is most great. Then he would walk rapidly for three circuits, walking between the two comers, until he came to the Black Stone, which he would touch, and he would say Allah is most great, and do four circuits walking at a norma! pace, then he would go to the Maqaam and pray two rakahs, then he would go back to the Black Stone and touch it. Then he would go out to as-Safa through al-Bab al-A'zam, and stand on top of it (as-Safa) and say takbeer seven, and after three of them he would .say: There is no god but Allah alone with no partner or associate, His is the Dominion, to Hm be praise and He has power over all things.

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020