Abu Jamrah Duba'i said: I wanted to perform Hajj Tamattu', but people forbade me from doing so. So I went to the service of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him about this matter. He instructed me to perform Hajj Tamattu'. So I set out towards the House of Allah and, upon reaching there, I fell asleep. In my dream, I saw that someone came to me and said: "This is an accepted Umrah and a righteous Hajj." I narrated my dream to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), and he, astonished, repeatedly said: "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar! This act is the Sunnah of Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him)." Then Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said regarding the Hadi (sacrificial animal) that it can be a camel, a cow, a goat, or a sheep, or a share can be taken in one animal.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, Sayyiduna Umar, and Sayyiduna Uthman continued to permit Tamattu’ until they departed from this world. The first to prohibit it was Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was astonished at his forbidding Hajj Tamattu’, because he himself had narrated to me that he had trimmed his hair with the broad blade of an arrow in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

Ghanim says: I asked Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) about Tamattu’, he said: We performed Tamattu’ (with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him) at a time when this (Sayyiduna) Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) had not yet accepted Islam in the houses of Makkah Mukarramah.

Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Harith says: I heard from Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Dahhak bin Qais (may Allah be pleased with him) in the year when Sayyiduna Mu’awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) performed Hajj. Both of them were discussing Hajj Tamattu’. Dahhak said: Only a person who is ignorant of Allah Almighty’s command will perform this Hajj. Upon hearing this, Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Nephew! You have said a very wrong thing. Then Sayyiduna Dahhak said: Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) also forbade it. Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and we performed Hajj Tamattu’ in his company.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that both Nikah Mut'ah and Hajj Tamattu' were permitted during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), but when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade us from them, we refrained.

Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) used to give the fatwa permitting Hajj Tamattu’. A man said to him: Refrain from some of your fatwas, because you do not know what the Commander of the Faithful has decreed regarding the rites of Hajj after you. Later, Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) met Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him about this. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I know that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Companions performed Hajj Tamattu’, but I do not like that these people spend the night under the trees of Araak with their wives and then, when they set out for Hajj, drops of water from their ritual bath are dripping from their heads.

(Second chain) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Hajj Tamattu' is the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), but I fear that these people will have intercourse with their wives under the trees of 'Araak and then set out after donning the Ihram for Hajj.

It is narrated from Salim bin Abdullah bin Umar that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to give the verdict of the permissibility of Hajj Tamattu’ according to the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When people would say to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that your father forbade Hajj Tamattu’, then why do you oppose his command, he would reply to them: Woe to you, do you not fear Allah? If Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade it, then his intention would also have been for good, that you perform ‘Umrah separately. Now why do you consider it unlawful, while Allah has made it lawful and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) acted upon it? Who is more deserving of being followed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) or the action of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)? Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) did not say to you that performing ‘Umrah in the months of Hajj is unlawful; rather, his statement was that a complete ‘Umrah is that you perform it separately, outside the months of Hajj.

Abu Nadrah narrates: He says, I said to Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) forbids Hajj Tamattu', and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) commands it. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: This hadith regarding Hajj revolves in my hand; we performed Hajj Tamattu' with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and then with Sayyiduna Abu Bakr. When Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) became caliph, he addressed the people and said: Indeed, the Qur'an is the Qur'an and the Messenger of Allah is also the Messenger. The matter is that during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), there were two types of Mut'ah practiced: one was the Mut'ah of Hajj and the other was the Mut'ah with women.

It is narrated from Hasan that when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) intended to prohibit Hajj Tamattu', Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "You cannot prohibit Hajj Tamattu', because we performed this Hajj in the company of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not stop us from it." But Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) turned away from his statement and did not pay any attention to it. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wanted to prohibit Yemeni cloaks because they were dyed with urine, but Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "You cannot prohibit this either, because the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also wore them and in his time we used to wear them."