Sahih Muslim Hadith 3059 – It Is

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[3059] 240 – (1266) It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbâs said: "The Messenger of Allah j and his Companions came to Makkah, and they had been weakened by the fever of Yathrib. The idolators said: 'Tomorrow there will come to you people who have been weakened by fever and they have suffered greatly because of it,' and they (the idolators) sat beside the Hijr. The Prophet commanded them (the Companions) to walk rapidly in three circuits, and to walk normally between the two Corners, so that the idolators could see their endurance. The idolators said: 'These people whom you said had been weakened by fever are stronger than such-and-such." Ibn 'Abbâs said: "Nothing prevented him from ordering them to walk rapidly in all the circuits except his kindness towards them."