Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 3017

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَسِيرُ حِينَ دَفَعَ مِنْ عَرَفَةَ قَالَ كَانَ يَسِيرُ الْعَنَقَ فَإِذَا وَجَدَ فَجْوَةً نَصَّ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَكِيعٌ وَالنَّصُّ يَعْنِي فَوْقَ الْعَنَقِ ‏.‏

Translation

ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad and ʿAmr ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us; they said: Wakīʿ narrated to us: Hishām ibn ʿUrwah narrated to us, from his father, from Usāmah ibn Zayd, who was asked how the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) travelled when departing from ʿArafah. He said: He travelled at a brisk walking pace, and whenever he found open space he quickened to a trot. Wakīʿ said: Trotting means faster than a brisk walk.