Abu al-Tufayl (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): Your people claim that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ramal and that it is a sunnah. He said: They have spoken truth and falsehood. I said: What truth and what falsehood have they spoken? He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived while the polytheists were on (the mount of) Qu'ayqi'an, and the people of Makkah were a very envious people, so they began saying that the companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) were weak. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Show them from yourselves what they dislike." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ramal to show (the polytheists) his strength and the strength of his companions, and it is not a sunnah. He (Abu al-Tufayl) said: I said: Your people claim that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) rode between Safa and Marwah and that it is a sunnah! He said: They have spoken truth and falsehood. I said: What truth and what falsehood have they spoken? He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Makkah and the people of Makkah were very envious; they came out until even the women came out to look at the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and people could not be kept away from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so he (peace and blessings be upon him) rode, although walking was dearer to him (peace and blessings be upon him).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الحج / 9272