قَالَ يَحْيَى : وَسَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا، يَقُولُ : فَالْأَمْرُ عِنْدَنَا فِيمَنْ يَقُولُ عَلَيَّ مَشْيٌ إِلَى بَيْتِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ إِذَا عَجَزَ رَكِبَ، ثُمَّ عَادَ فَمَشَى مِنْ حَيْثُ عَجَزَ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْمَشْيَ فَلْيَمْشِ مَا قَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ لِيَرْكَبْ وَعَلَيْهِ هَدْيُ بَدَنَةٍ أَوْ بَقَرَةٍ أَوْ شَاةٍ إِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ إِلَّا هِيَ .
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: In our view, if a person says that he must walk to the House of Allah, and he starts walking but then becomes unable, he may ride. Then, when he returns again, he should walk from the place where he had started riding. If he does not have the strength to walk, then he should walk as far as he is able, then ride, and for the hady he should offer a camel or a cow; if he is unable, then a goat.