Narrated Umm Maqil: When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم performed the Farewell Pilgrimage, and we had a camel, Abu Maqil dedicated it to the cause of Allah. Then we suffered from a disease, and Abu Maqil died. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم went out (for hajj). When he finished the hajj, I came to him. He said (to me): Umm Maqil, what prevented you from coming out for hajj along with us? She said: We resolved (to do so), but Abu Maqil died. We had a camel on which we could perform hajj, but Abu Maqil had bequeathed it to the cause of Allah. He said: Why did you not go out (for hajj) upon it, for hajj is in the cause of Allah? If you miss this hajj along with us, perform Umrah during Ramadan, for it is like hajj. She used to say: hajj is hajj, and Umrah is Umrah. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said it to me: I do not know whether it was peculiar to me.

Abu Bakr ibn Abdur Rahman said: The messenger of Marwan whom he sent to Umm Maqil reported to me. She said: Abu Maqil accompanied the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم during hajj. When he came (to her) she said: You know that hajj is incumbent on me. They walked until they visited him (i. e. the Prophet) and she asked (him): Messenger of Allah, hajj is due from me, and Abu Maqil has a camel. Abu Maqil said: She spoke the truth, I have dedicated it to the cause of Allah. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Give it to her, that is in the cause of Allah. So he gave the camel to her. She then said: Messenger of Allah, I am a woman who has become aged and ill. Is there any action which would be sufficient for me as my hajj? He replied: Umrah performed during Ramadan is sufficient as hajj.

Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم intended to perform hajj. A woman said to her husband: Let me perform hajj along with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . He said: I have nothing on which I can let you perform hajj. She said: You may perform hajj on your such-and-such camel. He said: That is dedicated to the cause of Allah, the Exalted. He then came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and said: My wife has conveyed her greetings and the blessings of Allah to you. She has asked about performing hajj along with you. She said (to me): Let me perform hajj with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم . I said (to her): I have nothing upon which I can let you perform hajj. She said: Let me perform hajj on your such-and-such camel. I said: That is dedicated to the cause of Allah, The Exalted. He replied: If you let her perform hajj on it, that would be in the cause of Allah. He said: She has also requested me to ask you: What is that action which is equivalent to performing hajj with you? The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Convey my greetings, the mercy of Allah and His blessings to her and tell her that Umrah during Ramadan is equivalent to performing hajj along with me.