It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the first circumambulation (tawaf) of the Sacred House (Baytullah), he would walk briskly in three circuits and walk at his normal pace in four circuits, and while performing sa’i between Safa and Marwah, he would run in the middle. Abdullah said: I asked Nafi’: Did Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) walk between the Yemeni Corner and (the Black Stone)? He said: No, except when there was a crowd at the Yemeni Corner, because he would never leave touching it.