English translation
4256. Narrated Ibn 'Abbās رضي الله عنهما: When Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and his Companions arrived (at Makkah), Al-Mushrikūn" (polytheists, pagans, idolaters, and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allāh and in His Messenger Muḥammad ﷺ) said, "There have come to you a group of people who have been weakened by the fever of Yathrib (i.e., Al-Madīna)." So the Prophet ﷺ ordered his Companions to do Ramal(1) in the first three rounds of Tawāf around the Ka'bah and to walk in between the two corners (i.e., the Black Stone and the Yemenite Corner). The only thing which prevented the Prophet ﷺ from ordering them to do Ramal in all the rounds of Tawāf, was that he pitied them. Ibn 'Abbās added, "When the Prophet ﷺ arrived (at Makkah) in the year of peace (following that of Al-Hudaibīya Treaty with the Mushrikūn of Makkah), he (ordered his Companions) to do Ramal in order to show their strength to Al-Mushrikūn" and Al-Mushrikūn were watching (the Muslims) from (the hill of) Qu'āiqi'ān.
