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Sahih Muslim, 1265
sahih

Abu Tufail reported; I. said to Ibn 'Abbas (Allah be pleased with them):

I think that I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). He (Ibn 'Abbis) said' Give a description of him to me. I said: I saw him near al-Marwa on the back of a she- camel, and people had thronged around him. Thereupon Ibn'Abbis said: It was Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) for they (the Compainions of the Prophet) were neither pushed aside from him, nor were they turned away.

وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ، سَعِيدِ بْنِ الأَبْجَرِ عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لاِبْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أُرَانِي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏.‏ قَالَ فَصِفْهُ لِي ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ رَأَيْتُهُ عِنْدَ الْمَرْوَةِ عَلَى نَاقَةٍ وَقَدْ كَثُرَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ذَاكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لاَ يُدَعُّونَ عَنْهُ وَلاَ يُكْهَرُونَ ‏.‏

References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 15, Hadith 264
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 7, Hadith 2903 (deprecated numbering scheme)
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The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) would observe the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) in all his conditions to learn from him the Sunnahs, the etiquettes, and the teachings of the religion, especially in such situations that required such that they had not previously witnessed him, like Hajj and ‘Umrah. Indeed, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) enjoined them to learn the rituals from him. In this Hadīth, the noble Companion Abu At-Tufayl ‘Āmir ibn Wāthilah (may Allah be pleased with him) informs that he thinks he saw the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). He probably intends to refer here to one of the situations during the Farewell Hajj. But he did not emphasize that for fear that he might have seen someone else and mistook him for the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) due to the crowdedness in the Sacred Mashā‘ir. ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him to describe the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) to him. Abu At-Tufayl informed that he saw him near Mount Marwah on the back of a she-camel as people surrounded him to learn their rituals from him. He rode the she-camel so that everyone could see him. In response, Ibn' Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him) affirmed to him that the person he had seen riding his she-camel near Marwah was the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). He told him why he rode the she-camel, and that was because the people "were neither pushed aside from him nor were they turned away." In some versions: "they were not forced", i.e., no one would force them to turn away from him. Another version by Muslim points out that riding is not an act of Sunnah, and that walking and Ramal between Safa and Marwah was more beloved to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). Ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "There was a large crowd around the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) saying: This is Muhammad, this is Muhammad. Even virgins came out of their houses. He said that people would not be beaten back in front of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). When a large crowd surrounded him, he rode(the she-camel. However, walking and jogging are better..