Qatādah (1), from Abū Shaykh al-Hunā’ī, that Mu‘āwiyah said to the Prophet’s Companions (peace and blessings be upon him): “Do you know that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited such-and-such, and riding on leopard skins?” They replied (2): “Yes.” He said: “Do you also know that he prohibited combining Hajj and ‘umrah?” They replied: “As for this (3), no.” He said: “Indeed, it was among those prohibitions, but you have forgotten.”
We bear witness, by Allah, that this was either an error by Mu‘āwiyah or a fabrication attributed to him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never prohibited that. Abū Shaykh is a narrator whose reports cannot be relied upon as evidence, much less given precedence over those of eminent, trustworthy hadith masters, even though Qatādah and Yahyā ibn Abī Kathīr narrated from him. His name is Khaywān ibn Khālid, with an initial kh, and he is an unknown narrator (4).
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As for those who say that he performed Hajj as tamattu‘ (combining ‘umrah and Hajj), without leaving ihram because he had brought the sacrificial animals—as maintained by the author of al-Mughnī and a group of others—the basis for their view is the statement of ‘Ā’ishah and Ibn ‘Umar: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed tamattu‘”; Hafsah’s question: “Why have the people left ihram, while you have not left ihram after your ‘umrah?”; Sa‘d’s statement concerning tamattu‘: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did it, and we did it with him”; and Ibn ‘Umar’s statement to someone who asked him about tamattu‘ in