Sahih al-Bukhari, 1617
sahihNarrated Ibn `Umar:
When the Prophet (ﷺ) performed the Tawaf of the Ka`ba, he did Ramal during the first three rounds and in the last four rounds he used to walk and while doing Tawaf between Safa and Marwa, he used to run in the midst of the rain water passage.
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا طَافَ بِالْبَيْتِ الطَّوَافَ الأَوَّلَ يَخُبُّ ثَلاَثَةَ أَطْوَافٍ، وَيَمْشِي أَرْبَعَةً، وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَسْعَى بَطْنَ الْمَسِيلِ إِذَا طَافَ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ.
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- Book 25, Hadith 102
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- Vol. 2, Book 26, Hadith 685 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
Hajj is an act of worship that cannot be sanctioned except on the basis of textual evidence from the Quran or the Sunnah to that effect. The Prophet ﷺtaught it to his Companions practically and verbally, and they in turn transmitted to us the details of this worship as they saw it and performed it with the Prophet ﷺ. In this hadeeth, ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (ra) reports that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺperformed the arrival circumambulation (Tawaaf al-Qudoom / Tawaaf al-Umrah), he would walk with a high pace in the first three rounds, which is known as al-Ramal, and he would walk with normal pace in the rest four rounds. When he intended to perform the rite of walking between al-Safaa and al-Marwah, he would walk fast at the middle patch of the area between al-Safaa and al-Marwah, which is today distinguished by a green light on top to mark its beginning and end. A person in Ihraam should walk fast therein until the end of the light mark. From the benefits that we can conclude from this hadeeth is learning that walking with a high pace (Raml) is prescribed in the first three rounds of Tawaaf al-Qudoom. The hadeeth also shows us how to perform the rite of walking between al-Safaa and al-Marwah. The hadeeth also benefits in expounding the permissibility of using the word Tawaaf to denote walking between al-Safaa and al-Marwah..