Hadithcore
Sahih al-Bukhari, 1604
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Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:

The Prophet (ﷺ) did Ramal in (first) three rounds (of Tawaf), and walked in the remaining four, in Hajj and Umra.

حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ سَعَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثَلاَثَةَ أَشْوَاطٍ وَمَشَى أَرْبَعَةً فِي الْحَجِّ وَالْعُمْرَةِ‏.‏ تَابَعَهُ اللَّيْثُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي كَثِيرُ بْنُ فَرْقَدٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏.‏

References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 25, Hadith 90
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Vol. 2, Book 26, Hadith 674 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
The Companions (ras) transmitted the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺin Hajj and ‘Umrah and the general rulings that should be observed when entering the Sacred House. In this hadeeth, ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (ra) reports that the Prophet ﷺwalked with a high pace in the first three rounds of Tawaaf while he walked casually in the last four ones, and that happened both in the Farewell Hajj and ‘Umrah al-Qadaa’. The apparent reading of this hadeeth indicates that walking with a high pace covered the first three rounds completely as opposed to the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Abbaas (ra) concerning ‘Umrah al-Qadaa’, which reads: “The Prophet (ﷺ) commanded them to walk with a high pace in the first three rounds except between the two Rukns. The only reason that prevented him from ordering them to walk with a high pace in all the rounds was to preserve their strength.” This hadeeth explicitly states that walking with a high pace was not done throughout the three rounds, from beginning to end. This is noted in his command that they should walk casually between the two Rukns and to avoid walking with a high pace between them. The scholars addressed this issue and explained that in the last instance, the Prophet ﷺwalked with a high pace in his Tawaaf in his first arrival on the Farewell Hajj from the Black Stone to the Black Stone three times and walked casually the last four round. Thereafter, the Sunnah of walking with a high pace from the Black Stone to the Black Stone, including the area between the two Rukns, became the established practice as this happens to be his last practice..