and al-Marwah suffice for your Hajj and ‘umrah.”

‘Abd al-Malik ibn Abī Sulaymān narrated from ‘Atā’, from Ibn ‘Abbās, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, performed a single circumambulation for his Hajj and ‘umrah (1). ‘Abd al-Malik is one (2) of the well-known trustworthy narrators whose reports Muslim and the compilers of the Sunan accepted as evidence. He was known as “the Balance.” He was never criticized for weakness or otherwise impugned; only his hadith concerning pre-emption was questioned (3).

That is a reproach whose shame does not touch him (4).

Al-Tirmidhī (5) narrated from Jābir that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, combined Hajj and ‘umrah and performed a single circumambulation for both. Although this report (6) includes al-Hajjāj ibn Artāh in its chain of transmission, Sufyān, Shu‘bah, Ibn Numayr, ‘Abd al-Razzāq, and many others narrated from him. Al-Thawrī said: “No one remains with a better command of what he narrates.” He was criticized for concealing gaps in his chains of transmission, though few were free of this practice. And in the words of