The Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his companions arrived in Mecca having been weakened by the fever of Yathrib. The polytheists said, "Tomorrow there will arrive among you a people whom the fever has weakened and from which they have suffered greatly."So they sat on the side facing the Hijr, and the Prophet ﷺ commanded them to walk briskly for three circuits and to walk normally between the two corners, so that the polytheists could see their strength.The polytheists said, "These are the ones you claimed the fever had weakened? They are stronger than such and such."Ibn Abbas said, "Nothing prevented him from ordering them to walk briskly during all the circuits except his concern to spare them."
و حدثني أبو الربيع الزهراني حدثنا حماد يعني ابن زيد عن أيوب عن سعيد بن جبير
قدم رسول الله ﷺ وأصحابه مكة وقد وهنتهم حمى يثرب قال المشركون إنه يقدم عليكم غدا قوم قد وهنتهم الحمى ولقوا منها شدة فجلسوا مما يلي الحجر وأمرهم النبي ﷺ أن يرملوا ثلاثة أشواط ويمشوا ما بين الركنين ليرى المشركون جلدهم فقال المشركون هؤلاء الذين زعمتم أن الحمى قد وهنتهم هؤلاء أجلد من كذا وكذا قال ابن عباس ولم يمنعه أن يأمرهم أن يرملوا الأشواط كلها إلا الإبقاء عليهم