Chapter: The Obligation of Entering Iḥrām and Its Manner

605 – ʿĀʾishah (Allah be pleased with her) reported: “We set out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the year of the Farewell Pilgrimage. Some of us entered iḥrām solely for ʿUmrah, some for both Hajj and ʿUmrah, and others for Hajj alone, while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ himself entered iḥrām for Hajj. Those who had assumed iḥrām for ʿUmrah released themselves from consecration when they reached Mecca. As for those who had entered iḥrām for Hajj, or had combined Hajj and ʿUmrah, they did not come out of iḥrām until the Day of Sacrifice.” Agreed upon (1).

Glossary of Terms in the Ḥadīth
• “We set out”: that is, from Madinah. The Prophet ﷺ departed on a Saturday, five days remaining of Dhū al-Qaʿdah, after the ẓuhr prayer in Madinah.
• “Farewell Pilgrimage”: performed in the tenth year after the Hijrah; so called because the Prophet ﷺ bade the people farewell therein, saying, “Perhaps I shall not meet you after this year of mine.”
• “Whoever entered iḥrām for ʿUmrah”: the verb carries a doubled lām; such a person became a tamattuʿ pilgrim—performing ʿUmrah first and then Hajj.
• “Whoever entered iḥrām for both Hajj and ʿUmrah”: thus he was a qārin, combining the two rites.
• “Whoever entered iḥrām for Hajj alone”: he became a mufrid, performing only Hajj.
• “Entered iḥrām” (ahl-la): from ihlal—with respect to the pilgrimage it denotes raising one’s voice with the talbiyah.
• “Day of Sacrifice”: the tenth of Dhū al-Ḥijjah, so named because the camels for sacrifice are slaughtered on that day.