Muhammad bin 'Abdul Rahman reported: A person from Iraq said to him to inquire from 'Urwa bin Zubair for him whether a person who puts on Ihram for Hajj is allowed to put it off or not as he circumambulates the House. And if he says:" No, it can't be put off," then tell him that there is a person who makes such an assertion. He (Muhammad bin 'Abdul Rahman) then said: I asked him (Urwa bin Zubair), where- upon he said: The person who has entered into the state of Ihram for Hajj cannot get out of it unless he has, completed the Hajj I (further) said (to him): (What) if a person makes that assertion? Thereupon he said: It is indeed unfortunate that he makes such an assertion. That person ('Iraqi) then met me and he asked me and I narrated to him (the reply of 'Urwa), whereupon he (the Iraqi) said: Tell him ('Urwa) that a person had informed him that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had done that; and why is it that Asma' and Zubair have done like this? He (Muhammad bin 'Abdul Rahman) said: I went to him and made a mention of that to him, whereupon he ('Urwa) said: Who is he (the 'Iraqi)? I said: I do not know, whereupon he said: What is the matter that he does not come to me himself and ask me? I suppose he is an 'Iraqi. I said: I do not know, whereupon he said: He has told a lie. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) performed Hajj, and 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) has told me that the first thing with which he commenced (the rituals) when he arrived at Makkah was that he performed ablution and then circumambulated the Ka’bah. Then Abu Bakr (RA) performed Hajj and the first thing with which he commenced (the Hajj) as the circumambulation of the Ka’bah and nothing besides it. So did 'Umar. Then 'Uthman performed Hajj and I saw that the first thing with which he commenced the Hajj was the circumambulation of the Ka’bah and nothing besides it. Then Mu'awiyah and'Abdullah bin 'Umar did that. Then I performed Hajj with my father Zubair bin al-'Awwam, and the first thing with which he commenced (Hajj) was the circumambulation of the House. He then did nothing besides it. I then saw the emigrants (Muhajirin) and the helpers (Ansar) doing like this and nothing besides it. And the last one whom I saw doing like this was Ibn 'Umar. And he did not break it (the Hajj) after performing 'Umrah. And Ibn 'Umar is with them. Why don't they ask him (to testify it)? And none amongst those who had passed away commenced (the rituals of Hajj) but by circumambulating the Ka’bah on their (first arrival) and they did not put off Ihram (without completing the Hajj), and I saw my mother and my aunt commencing (their Hajj) with the circumambulation of the House, and they did not put off Ihram. My mother informed me that she came and her sister, and Zubair and so and so for 'Umrah, and when they had kissed the corner (the Black Stone, after Sa'I and circumambulation), they put off Ihram. And he (the 'Iraqi) has told a lie in this matter.

Asma bint Abu Bakr (RA) (Allah be pleased with both of them) reported: We set out (to Makkah) in a state of Ihram. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: He who has the sacrificial animal with him should remain in the state of Ihram, but he who has not the sacrificial animal with him should put off Ihram. As I had not the sacrificial animal with me, I put off Ihram. And since Zubair (her husband) - had the sacrificial animal with him, he did not put off Ihram. She (Asma) said: I put on my clothes and then went out and sat by Zabair, whereupon he said: Go away from me, whereupon I said: Do you fear that I would jump upon you?

Asma bint Abu Bakr (RA) (Allah be pleased with both of them) reported: We set out (to Makkah) in a state of Ihram. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: He who has the sacrificial animal with him should remain in the state of Ihram, but he who has not the sacrificial animal with him should put off Ihram. As I had not the sacrificial animal with me, I put off Ihram. And since Zubair (her husband) - had the sacrificial animal with him, he did not put off Ihram. She (Asma) said: I put on my clothes and then went out and sat by Zabair, whereupon he said: Go away from me, whereupon I said: Do you fear that I would jump upon you?

Abdullah, the freed slave of Asma' bint Abu Bakr (RA) , narrated that he used to hear Asma, ' whenever she passed by Hajun, saying (these words): "May there be peace and blessing of Allah upon His Messenger." We used to stay here along with him with light burdens. Few were our rides, and small were our provisions. I performed 'Umrahh and so did my sister 'A'isha, and Zubair and so and so. And as we touched the House (performed circumambulation and Sa'i) we put off Ihram, and then again put on Ihram in the afternoon for Hajj. Harun (one of the narrators) in one of the narrations said: The freed slave of Asma' and he did not mention 'Abdullah.

Muslim al-Qurri reported: I asked Ibn Abbas (RA) about Tamattu' in Hajj and he permitted it, whereas Ibn Zubair had forbidden it. He (Ibn 'Abbas) said: This is the mother of Ibn Zubair who states that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had permitted it, so you better go to her and ask her about it. He (Muslim al-Qurri said): So we went to her and she was a bulky blind lady and she said: Verily Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) permitted it.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'bah with the same chain of transmitters, but with a slight variation of words.

Muslim al-Qurri heardibn 'Abbas (RA) saying that Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) entered into the state of Ihram for 'Umrah and his Companions for Hajj. Neither Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) nor those among his Companions who had brought sacrificial animals with them put off Ihram, whereas the rest (of the pilgrims) did so. Talha bin 'Ubaidullah (RA) was one of those who had brought the sacrificial animals along with them so he did not put off Ihram.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'bah with the same chain of transmitters but with this variation (of words): "Talha and another person also were among those who had not brought the sacrificial animals with them and so they put off Ihram."

Ibn Abbas (RA) reported that they (the Arabs of pre-Islamic days) looked upon 'Umrah during the months of Hajj as the greatest of sins on the earth. So they intercalated the month of Muharram for Safar and said: When the backs of their camels would become all right and traces (if the pilgrims) would be effaced (from the paths) and the month of Safar would be over, then 'Umrah would be permissible for one who wants to perform it. When Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and his Companions came in the state of Ihram for performing Hajj on the fourth (of Dhu'l-Hijja) he (Allah's Apostle) ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) commanded them to change their state of Ihram (from Hajj) to that of 'Umrahh. It was something inconceivable for them. So they said: Messenger of Allah, is it a complete freedom (of the obligation) of Ihram? Thereupon he said: It is a complete freedom (from Ihram).

Ibn 'Abbas (RA) 'is reported to have said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) put on Ihigm for Hajj. When four days of Dhu'l-Hijja were over, he led the dawn prayer, and when the prayer was complete, he said: He who wants to change it to 'Umrah may do so.