Narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: All of us, while reciting the Talbiyah with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), reached Makkah on the fourth of Dhul-Hijjah. We performed the Tawaf of the House of Allah, then offered two units of prayer, then performed the Sa’i between Safa and Marwah. After that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us to cut our hair and then said: Become halal, that is, come out of the state of Ihram. We said: O Messenger of Allah! For what should we become halal? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Consider everything halal that is halal without Ihram, such as perfume and wives, etc. Thus, relations with women took place and fragrances spread. Khalaf says: When this news reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that some people had said regarding his command: This means that when we are going towards Mina, our private parts will be dripping with semen, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon and after praising Allah Almighty, said: Your words have reached me. I am the one who fears Allah the most among you and am the most pious. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If I had known earlier what I came to know later, I would not have brought the sacrificial animal with me at all, and if I had not brought the sacrificial animal, I too would have become halal. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Learn the rites and rules of Hajj from me. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Thus, the people became halal and remained in that state until the eighth of Dhul-Hijjah arrived and when they set out for Mina, they put on the Ihram for Hajj. Those who were able offered a sacrifice, and those who were not able fasted ten days in place of the sacrifice. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) included seven people in the sacrifice of a camel or a cow, and for those performing Qiran Hajj, there was only one Tawaf and one Sa’i for both the House of Allah and Safa and Marwah.

Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Companions set out for Hajj. We had donned the Ihram for Hajj. When we reached Makkah Mukarramah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Turn your Ihram for Hajj into Ihram for ‘Umrah.”The people said:“O Messenger of Allah! We had donned the Ihram for Hajj, how can we now turn it into Ihram for ‘Umrah?”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Reflect on what I am commanding you and carry it out.”But the people repeated the same thing again. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) became angry and, in a state of anger, went to Sayyidah A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her). When she saw the signs of anger on the face of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), she said:“Who has angered the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? May Allah be angry with him.”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Why should I not be angry? The fact is that I give a command and it is not followed.”

It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Makkah Mukarramah on the fourth of Dhul-Hijjah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me while he was in a state of anger. I asked: O Messenger of Allah! Who has made you angry? May Allah cast him into Hell! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do you not know that I gave people a command, but they are hesitant to act upon it? The thought that has come to me now—if it had come to me earlier, I would not have brought the sacrificial animal with me, rather I would have bought it from here, and I too would have come out of Ihram like the people.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that people used to consider performing Umrah during the months of Hajj as the greatest sin on the face of the earth. Therefore, they would alter the months, declaring Muharram as Safar, and they used to say: When the wounds on the camels caused by travel heal, the traces of caravans on the roads disappear, and the month of Safar passes, then it will be permissible for those performing Umrah to do so. When the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and his companions arrived on the fourth of Dhul-Hijjah, reciting the Talbiyah for Hajj, he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered them to change their Ihram from Hajj to Umrah and to exit Ihram after performing Umrah. But they considered this a very great matter and said: O Messenger of Allah! What kind of exiting from Ihram? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Complete exiting from Ihram.

It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) reached Makkah Mukarramah on the 4th of Dhul-Hijjah. The people were reciting the Talbiyah for Hajj, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered them to consider it as ‘Umrah, and those who had sacrificial animals with them should remain in their Ihram. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: Thus, shirts were worn, perfumes were applied, and intercourse with wives took place.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: We are benefiting from this ‘Umrah; those who do not have a sacrificial animal with them should become completely halal (i.e., come out of the state of ihram). Until the Day of Judgment, ‘Umrah has been included in Hajj (i.e., ‘Umrah can be performed during the months of Hajj until the Day of Judgment).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said that those people who have come with the intention of Hajj and have performed the Tawaf of the House of Allah and the Sa’i between Safa and Marwah, their Hajj is complete and their action has become ‘Umrah; this is the Sunnah of Allah Almighty and His Messenger.

Mawla Ibn Abbas narrates from Janab Kuraib, who says: I said to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): O Abu al-Abbas! What is the meaning of your statement that whoever comes with the intention of Hajj and does not have a sacrificial animal with him, then he should perform the Tawaf of the House of Allah, complete the Umrah, and become halal, and for the one who has a sacrificial animal with him, his Hajj and Umrah will be combined, while the opinion of other people is not like this? He said: Woe to you! The matter is that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Companions came, and the Companions were reciting the Talbiyah for Hajj, but the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered regarding those who did not have sacrificial animals with them that they should perform the Tawaf of the House of Allah and, after Umrah, become halal. Some people said: O Messenger of Allah! We had intended Hajj. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is not Hajj, rather this is Umrah.

A man from Banu Hajim said to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them): Abu al-Abbas! What is this fatwa of yours that has become famous among the people, that whoever performs Tawaf of the House of Allah becomes halal (released from Ihram)? He replied: This is the Sunnah of your Prophet, whether you like it or not. Hammam said: This means that whoever does not have a sacrificial animal with him should become halal (released from Ihram) after performing Umrah.

It is narrated from Mujahid that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O people! Perform Hajj Ifrad and leave the statement of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both). Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) replied: Why do you not ask your mother about this matter? So he sent a man to her to inquire about the issue, and she said: The statement of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) is correct, because when we set out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with the intention of Hajj, he (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us and we converted it into Umrah. After that, everything that had become forbidden for us due to Ihram became lawful again, to the extent that fragrances began to emanate from among the women and men.