Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرٌ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ وَاثِلَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ قَوْمَكَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ رَمَلَ وَأَنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ قَالَ صَدَقَ قَوْمِي وَكَذَبُوا قَدْ رَمَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَيْسَتْ بِسُنَّةٍ وَلَكِنَّهُ قَدِمَ وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ عَلَى جَبَلِ قُعَيْقِعَانَ فَتَحَدَّثُوا أَنَّ بِهِ وَبِأَصْحَابِهِ هَزْلًا وَجَهْدًا وَشِدَّةً فَأَمَرَ بِهِمْ فَرَمَلُوا بِالْبَيْتِ لِيُرِيَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُصِبْهُمْ جَهْدٌ.
English Translation
I said to Ibn Abbas: 'Your people claim that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) performed raml (brisk walking) and that it is a sunnah.' He said: 'My people spoke the truth and they also spoke falsely. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) did perform raml, but it is not a permanent sunnah. Rather, when he arrived and the polytheists were at the mountain of Qu'ayqi'an, he performed raml to show them his strength.'