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Ar-Ramal (Walking Briskly During Tawāf)

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Darussalam · Volume 2

11. THE BOOK OF THE RITES OF HAJJ AND UMRAH

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الحديث: 1885 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 177

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1885. Abū Aṭ-Ṭufail said to Ibn 'Abbās: "Your people say that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ walked briskly (Ramal) around the House, and that it is a Sunnah." He replied: "They have told the truth, and they are mistaken." He said: "And how have they told the truth, and how are they mistaken?" He replied, "They told the truth: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ walked briskly around the House. And they are mistaken: It is not a Sunnah. The Quraish said, during the time of Al-Hudaibiyyah: 'Leave Muḥammad and his Companions until they die the death of An-Naghaf.'[1] So when they agreed to come the following year and stay in Makkah for three days, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came while the pagans were in the direction of Mount Qu'āiqi'ān. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to his Companions: 'Walk briskly around the House three times,' and it is not a Sunnah." He then said: "Your people say that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ went between Aṣ-Ṣafā and Al-Marwah upon his camel, and that it is a Sunnah." He replied: "They have told the truth, and they are mistaken." He said: "And how have they told the truth, and how are they mistaken?" He replied: "They told the truth: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ did go between Aṣ-Ṣafā and Al-Marwah upon his camel. And they are mistaken: It is not a Sunnah. The people would not leave the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ nor would they move from him, so he rode his camel between them, that they may hear his speech and see him doing the rites, and not touch him with their hands (harm him)." (Sahih)

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1885 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ الْغَنَوِيُّ ، عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: يَزْعُمُ قَوْمُكَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ رَمَلَ بِالْبَيْتِ وَأَنَّ ذَلِكَ سُنَّةٌ، قَالَ: صَدَقُوا وَكَذَبُوا، قُلْتُ: وَمَا صَدَقُوا، وَمَا كَذَبُوا، قَالَ: " صَدَقُوا، قَدْ رَمَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَكَذَبُوا، لَيْسَ بِسُنَّةٍ إِنَّ قُرَيْشًا قَالَتْ زَمَنَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ دَعُوا مُحَمَّدًا وَأَصْحَابَهُ حَتَّى يَمُوتُوا مَوْتَ النَّغَفِ فَلَمَّا صَالَحُوهُ عَلَى أَنْ يَجِيئُوا مِنَ الْعَامِ الْمُقْبِلِ، فَيُقِيمُوا بِمَكَّةَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، فَقَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ مِنْ قِبَلِ قُعَيْقِعَانَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: «ارْمُلُوا بِالْبَيْتِ ثَلَاثًا»، وَلَيْسَ بِسُنَّةٍ، قُلْتُ: يَزْعُمُ قَوْمُكَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ طَافَ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ عَلَى بَعِيرِهِ وَأَنَّ ذَلِكَ سُنَّةٌ، فَقَالَ: صَدَقُوا وَكَذَبُوا، قُلْتُ: مَا صَدَقُوا وَمَا كَذَبُوا؟ قَالَ: صَدَقُوا قَدْ طَافَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ عَلَى بَعِيرِهِ، وَكَذَبُوا لَيْسَ بِسُنَّةٍ، كَانَ النَّاسُ لَا يُدْفَعُونَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَا يُصْرَفُونَ عَنْهُ، فَطَافَ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ لِيَسْمَعُوا كَلَامَهُ وَلِيَرَوْا مَكَانَهُ وَلَا تَنَالُهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ

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    [1] Al-Khaṭṭābī said: "An-Naghaf is a worm that falls from the nose of beasts, and the singular form is Naghafah. When belittling and remarking on the weakness of a man, it is said: 'He is nothing but a Naghafah.'"

Commentary

It is a Sunnah for males to walk briskly with a wide gait during the first three rounds of Tawāf Al-Qudūm (the Tawāf of Arrival), it is called Ramal.