He said: "Yes." From Ibn 'Umar, he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) performed tamattu' during the Farewell Pilgrimage with 'Umrah into Hajj." And from him, that Hafsah said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "What is the matter with the people? They have exited ihram, but you have not exited (20) your 'Umrah?" He said: "I have matted my hair, and I have garlanded my sacrificial animal, so I will not exit ihram until I slaughter." This is agreed upon (21). Sa'd said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did it, and we did it with him (22)." These hadiths are superior because their narrators are more numerous and more knowledgeable of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) reported about the mut'ah regarding himself in the hadith of Hafsah, so it cannot be contradicted by the opinion of others. Furthermore, 'Aisha was a mutamatti'ah without dispute, and she was with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and would not enter into ihram except by his command, and he would not command her (23) to do something then contradict it with another. Also, it is possible to reconcile between the hadiths by saying that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) entered into ihram for 'Umrah, then he did not exit it because of his sacrificial animal until he entered into ihram for Hajj; thus, he became a qarin (one performing qiran). Those who called him a mufrid (one performing ifrad) did so because he busied himself with the actions of Hajj alone after finishing the actions of 'Umrah. For reconciling between the
(20) In (A) and (M): "tahull". (21) The first was recorded by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on one who drives the sacrificial animal with him, from the Book of Hajj. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/205. And by Muslim, in: The Chapter on the obligation of blood [slaughter] upon the mutamatti'... from the Book of Hajj. Sahih Muslim 2/901. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on Qiran, from the Book of Rites. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/419. And by al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on Tamattu', from the Book of Hajj. Al-Mujtaba 5/117, 118. And by Imam Ahmad, in: 2/139, 140. The second was recorded by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on Tamattu', Qiran, and Ifrad for Hajj..., and The Chapter on twisting garlands for sacrificial animals and cattle, and The Chapter on one who mats his hair upon entering ihram and then shaves, from the Book of Hajj, and in: The Chapter on the Farewell Pilgrimage, from the Book of Military Expeditions, and in: The Chapter on Talbid [matting hair], from the Book of Clothing. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/175, 207, 213, 5/222, 7/209. And by Muslim, in: The Chapter explaining that the qarin does not exit ihram until..., from the Book of Hajj. Sahih Muslim 2/902, 903. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on Qiran, from the Book of Rites. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/420. And by al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on Talbid upon entering ihram, and The Chapter on garlanding the sacrificial animal, from the Book of Hajj. Al-Mujtaba 5/104, 134. And by Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on one who mats his hair, from the Book of Rites. Sunan Ibn Majah 2/1012, 1013. And by Imam Malik, in: The Chapter on what has come regarding slaughter in Hajj, from the Book of Hajj. Al-Muwatta 1/393, 394. And by Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 2/124, 6/283, 284, 285. (22) Recorded by al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on what has come regarding Tamattu', from the Chapters on Hajj. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 4/39. (23) In (A), (B), and (M): "li-ya'muraha".
