What is the status of this narration?
عَنْ زَاذَانَ، قَالَ: مَرِضَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ مَرْضَةً ثَقُلَ مِنْهَا، فَجَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ بَنِيهِ وَأَهْلَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: مَنْ حَجَّ مِنْ مَكَّةَ مَاشِيًا، حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهَا، فَلَهُ بِكُلِّ خُطْوَةٍ سَبْعُ مِائَةِ حَسَنَةٍ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِ الْحَرَمِ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: وَمَا حَسَنَاتُ الْحَرَمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ فَقَالَ: كُلُّ حَسَنَةٍ مِنْهَا أَلْفُ حَسَنَةٍ
Answer
This Hadith is recorded in the following Hadith collections with a weak chain:
Ibn Khuzaymah, Hadith: 2791
Mustadrak Hakim, vol.1 pg.460-461
Al-Mu’jamul Awsat of Tabarani, Hadith: 2696
Imam Ibn Khuzaymah (rahimahullah)-among others-, expressed reservation in this narration being authentic because of the condition of a particular narrator.
‘Allamah Ibn Hajar Al-Haytami (rahimahullah) has cited the Andalusian Scholar [Muhammad] Ibn Masdy (rahimahullah) to have reported this with a different chain, and that he declared this narration as sound (hasan gharib).
(Hashiyah ‘ala Sharhil Idah fil Manasik, pg.33-34. Also see Targhib, vol.2 pg.166-167 and Al-Matjarur Rabih, Hadith: 816)
Translation
Zadhan (rahimahullah) narrates that ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbas (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) got very sick, so his children and family gathered around him, then he narrated:
‘I heard Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) saying:
“Whoever walks for Haj from Makkah, for each step he is given 700 rewards from the rewards of the Haram, until he returns.”
So a man said, O Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) what is the rewards of the Haram?
Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) replied: “Each good deed equals to 1000 good deeds.”
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best,
Answered by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar
Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar