and the compensatory ʿumrah only took place after that. (1)

I say: Not so; Muʾtah in fact came six months later—this is certain.

Abu Zurʿah of Damascus said: I asked Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, “What of the report from Anas that the Prophet ﷺ entered Mecca while Ibn Rawāḥah was holding the stirrup of his saddle? (2)”
He replied, “It has no foundation.”

Qays ibn Abī Ḥāzim related that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Ibn Rawāḥah, “Dismount and rouse the mounts.”
He answered, “Messenger of Allah, I have abandoned my poetry.”
ʿUmar said to him, “Hear and obey.”
So he dismounted and recited:

By Allah, were it not for Allah we would not have been guided,
We would neither give charity nor perform the prayer—

and he went on with the rest of the verses. (3)

Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Khālid transmitted from Qays: Ibn Rawāḥah began to weep, and his wife wept as well. He asked, “What is the matter with you?” She replied, “I wept because I saw you weeping.” He said, “I know for certain that I shall pass by the Fire,”