Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 864
حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ جُمْهَانَ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَمْشِي فِي السَّعْىِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَتَمْشِي فِي السَّعْىِ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ قَالَ لَئِنْ سَعَيْتُ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَسْعَى وَلَئِنْ مَشَيْتُ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَمْشِي وَأَنَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَرُوِيَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ نَحْوُهُ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Yusuf ibn Isa narrated to us: Ibn Fudayl narrated to us, from Ata ibn al-Sa'ib, from Kathir ibn Jumhan, who said: I saw Ibn Umar walking during the sa'y. I asked him, ‘Do you walk during the sa'y between Safa and Marwah?’ He replied, ‘If I move briskly, I have seen the Messenger of Allah move briskly; if I walk, I have seen the Messenger of Allah walk. I am an old man.’
Abu Isa said: This is a hasan sahih hadith. A similar report has been narrated from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn Umar.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report indicates that both brisk walking and ordinary walking were practiced during sa'y.