Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ فِطْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الطُّفَيْلِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ قَوْمَكَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ رَمَلَ بِالْبَيْتِ وَأَنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ قَالَ صَدَقُوا وَكَذَبُوا قُلْتُ كَيْفَ صَدَقُوا وَكَذَبُوا قَالَ قَدْ رَمَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْبَيْتِ وَلَيْسَ بِسُنَّةٍ قَدْ رَمَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَصْحَابُهُ وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ عَلَى جَبَلِ قُعَيْقِعَانَ فَبَلَغَهُ أَنَّهُمْ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ أَنَّ بِهِمْ هَزْلًا فَأَمَرَ بِهِمْ أَنْ يَرْمُلُوا لِيُرِيَهُمْ أَنَّ بِهِمْ قُوَّةً.
English Translation
I said to Ibn 'Abbas: "Your people claim that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) performed raml around the Ka'bah and that it is a sunnah." He said: "They are right and they are wrong." I said: "How so?" He said: "The Messenger of Allah did perform raml, but it is not a sunnah. The Messenger of Allah and his Companions performed raml while the polytheists were on the mountain of Qu'ayqi'an. News reached them that the Muslims were weakened, so the Prophet commanded them to walk briskly to show the polytheists that they were strong."