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Yahya related to me from Malik that Abdullah ibn Abi Habiba said, "I said to a man, when I was young, 'A man who only says that he must walk to the House of Allah and does not say that he has vowed to walk, does not have to walk.' A man said, 'Shall I give you this small cucumber?' and he had a small cucumber in his hand and you will say, 'I must walk to the house of Allah?' I said, 'Yes' and I said it, for at that time I was still immature. Then, when I came of age, some one said to me that I had to fulfill my vow. I went and asked Said ibn al- Musayyab about it, and he said to me, 'You must walk.' So I walked." Malik said, "That is the custom among us

وحدثني عن مالك، عن عبد الله بن ابي حبيبة، قال قلت لرجل وانا حديث السن، ما على الرجل ان يقول على مشى الى بيت الله ولم يقل على نذر مشى . فقال لي رجل هل لك ان اعطيك هذا الجرو - لجرو قثاء في يده - وتقول على مشى الى بيت الله قال فقلت نعم فقلته وانا يوميذ حديث السن ثم مكثت حتى عقلت فقيل لي ان عليك مشيا فجيت سعيد بن المسيب فسالته عن ذلك فقال لي عليك مشى . فمشيت . قال مالك وهذا الامر عندنا