Ibn Khuthaym narrates: I asked Abu Tufayl: I said, those three sides against which one leans with the Ka'bah, so Abu Tufayl informed: I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas about this: so he informed: On the occasion of the treaty with the Quraysh, when the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) camped at the place of Maraz-Zuhr, the companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) came to know that the Quraysh were saying: You people have made a treaty with the weak ones. So the companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) submitted: O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)! If we eat the meat of our sacrificial animals and eat their fat and drink its broth (then strength will come into our bodies), so tomorrow morning we will enter Makkah and at that time we will appear strong. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: No, rather bring what is left from your provisions of the journey. Then the people spread their dining cloths and gathered all their food items on it. So the Prophet (peace be upon him) prayed for blessing upon those things, so they ate it, and their stomachs were filled. They put the remaining things into their bags. When the Prophet (peace be upon him) came before the Quraysh, the Quraysh were gathered in front of the Black Stone (Hajar al-Aswad). The Prophet (peace be upon him) wrapped his garment as in idtiba‘, then the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to his companions: These people should not see any weakness in you. Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) performed istilam of the Yemeni Corner (Rukn Yamani). At that time the Quraysh moved to the other side (i.e., they were not visible). The Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions walked at a normal pace until they performed istilam of the Black Stone (then they would start running). So the Prophet (peace be upon him) performed three circuits in this manner; these people would pass by the Quraysh running, so the Quraysh would say: They are running like deer. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says, so this is Sunnah.

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, may Allah have mercy on him, narrates from his father (Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, may Allah have mercy on him) the statement of Sayyiduna Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him: "The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, performed ramal from the Hajar to the Hajar." (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, performed ramal around the Ka'bah three times and walked at a normal pace four times. Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated this in the same way as it is transmitted from Sayyiduna Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, just as his students have narrated it. Whereas Imam Malik narrated this hadith in a brief manner. He did not mention that the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, walked briskly in three circuits and walked at a normal pace in four circuits. So this ramal was due to a specific reason, and that reason was so that the polytheists could see that they were healthy people and there was no weakness among them. When that reason ended, the ruling of that reason remained as an obligation for the Ummah of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, until the Day of Judgment.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: On the occasion of ‘Umrah after Hudaybiyyah, when the companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) were about to enter Makkah, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to his companions:“Tomorrow, people will see you, so you should appear strong.”When these people entered the mosque, they performed istilam of the Black Stone, then they performed raml. The Prophet (peace be upon him) was also with them, until they reached the Yemeni Corner, then they walked at a normal pace up to the Black Stone, then started running. When they reached the Yemeni Corner (again, they started walking at a normal pace). They did this three times (while in the remaining) four circuits, they walked at a normal pace.

Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Have you not observed that when your people rebuilt the Ka'bah, they reduced it from the foundations of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him)? Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), then why do you not return it to the foundations of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him)? The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If your people were not so close to the time of disbelief (I would have done so). The narrator states: Upon this, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: If Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) heard this from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), then I think it is for this reason that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) abandoned the touching (Istilam) of the two corners towards Hatim, because the House of Allah was not completely built upon the foundations of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him). (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The statement of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), "If Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) heard this from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)," apparently suggests from these words that he wanted to pause regarding this narration, although what is meant is that he is beginning to inform about something that had already certainly occurred before.

Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: O Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), if your people had not recently left the Age of Ignorance, I would have had the House of Allah (the Ka'bah) demolished and included in it the part that they had left out, which is the Hatim. Their funds had run short, so they joined it with the ground, and I would have rebuilt it according to the foundations of our master Ibrahim (peace be upon him). I would have made two doors for it: one door on the eastern side and one on the western side. The narrator states: For this reason, Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with them both) had it demolished and rebuilt.

Aswad reports: Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with them both) asked Aswad—he used to visit Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and she showed him special affection. Aswad narrated: Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) informed that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If your people had not recently left the Age of Ignorance, I would have demolished the Ka'bah and built two doors for it." The narrator says: That is why Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with them both) had it demolished and built two doors for it.

Saeed bin Mina narrates: I heard Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with them both) saying this from the pulpit: This was at the time when he had the intention to demolish the Ka'bah and reconstruct it. He said: Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who is my maternal aunt, my aunt told me this: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: O Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her)! If your people were not so close to the time of ignorance, I would have demolished the Ka'bah and added six handspans of Hatim into it, because the Quraysh had left out this part when they built it, and I would have made two doors for it, one eastern door and one western door, and I would have placed its doors level with the ground.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and his companions performed only one round of Tawaf between Safa and Marwah, which was the first time they did it.

Muharrir bin Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from his father: I was making an announcement regarding the polytheists along with Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him). When Sayyiduna Ali’s (may Allah be pleased with him) voice became hoarse and his throat started to hurt and he was no longer able to make the announcement in a loud voice, I began to make the announcement in his place. The narrator says: I asked my father,“What announcement did you people make?”So Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: We were saying,“After this year, no polytheist will perform Hajj,”so after that year, no polytheist performed Hajj,“and no naked person will circumambulate the House of Allah, and only a believer will enter Paradise. And whoever has a treaty with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) for a certain period, its duration is four months. When four months have passed, then Allah and His Messenger are free from obligations to the polytheists.”So the polytheists, mocking this, were saying:“No, one month is enough.”

Salim bin Abdullah narrates from his father (Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both): Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, kissed the Black Stone and said: By Allah! I know that you are a stone; if I had not seen the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) kissing you, I would not have kissed you.