Hazrat Dammi bin Ma’bad narrates that I was a Bedouin Christian. Then I became a Muslim and I had a great desire for jihad. I found out that Hajj and Umrah were also obligatory upon me. Therefore, I went to a person from my family, Hadeem bin Abdullah, and said to him,“O respected one, I have a great desire to perform jihad and I have learned that Hajj and Umrah have also become obligatory upon me. How can I combine both?”He replied,“You can perform them together and then sacrifice whatever animal is available to you.”So I put on the ihram for both and recited the talbiyah. When I reached the place of ‘Udhaib, I met Sulaiman bin Rabee’ah and Zaid bin Suhan, and I was reciting the talbiyah for both Hajj and Umrah. One of them said to his companion,“This person is not even more intelligent than his camel.”Their words were so hard on me as if a mountain had fallen upon me, until I presented myself before Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and said,“O Commander of the Faithful, I was a Bedouin Christian and now I am a Muslim, and I have a great desire for jihad, and I have found that Hajj and Umrah are obligatory upon me. Therefore, I went to a person from my family, Hadeem bin Abdullah, and said to him, ‘O respected one, I have a great desire to perform jihad and Hajj and Umrah have also become obligatory upon me. How can I perform both acts of worship together?’ He replied, ‘Perform both together, and if you find an animal, then sacrifice it.’ So I put on the ihram for both Hajj and Umrah, and when I reached the place of ‘Udhaib, I met Sulaiman bin Rabee’ah and Zaid bin Suhan, while I was in ihram for both and reciting the talbiyah. Hearing my talbiyah, one of them said to the other, ‘This person is even more foolish than his camel.’ So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, ‘You have been granted the ability to act upon the Sunnah of your Prophet.’ (Hajj Qiran is the Sunnah of the Prophet, so do not mind their wrong statement and continue your action.) Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) did not refute the statement of Dammi bin Ma’bad that Hajj and Umrah are obligatory upon me. This is the clearest evidence that, according to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), Umrah is obligatory and its ruling is like that of Hajj. Because if Umrah was considered voluntary by him, he would have refuted the statement of Dammi bin Ma’bad and said,“We do not consider Umrah obligatory upon you. Rather, in my view, only Hajj is obligatory upon you.”The fact that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) did not object to the fatwa of Hadeem bin Abdullah is clear evidence that, according to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), it is permissible to perform Hajj Qiran from the miqat without taking the sacrificial animal along from there. And in this is also evidence that the one performing Hajj Qiran can also slaughter whatever sacrificial animal is available, just as the one performing Hajj Tamattu’ does. The view of those scholars is not correct who say that for Hajj Qiran, it is necessary for the one entering ihram to take a camel or cow for sacrifice from the miqat.