and contradicted (1) all the other narrators in this wording. Tāwūs, al-Qāsim, al-Aswad, and ‘Amrah (2) narrated her hadith, yet none of them mentioned this wording. They said: Hammād ibn Zayd narrated from Hishām ibn ‘Urwah, from his father, from ‘Ā’ishah, the account of her menstruation during Hajj. In it, he said, “More than one person told me that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to her, ‘Leave aside your ‘umrah, undo your hair, and comb it.’” He then related the rest of the hadith. They said: This indicates that ‘Urwah did not hear this addition from ‘Ā’ishah (3).
The fourth approach (4) is that his words, “Leave the ‘umrah,” mean: leave it as it is and do not come out of it; abandoning it is not what is meant (5). They said that two statements support this:
The first is his statement, “Your circumambulation suffices for both your Hajj and your ‘umrah.”
The second is his statement, “Remain in your ‘umrah.” They said: This interpretation is preferable to understanding his words as an instruction to abandon it, since it avoids contradiction.
They said: As for his words, “This is in place of your ‘umrah,” ‘Ā’ishah wished to perform a separate ‘umrah. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, informed her that her circumambulation had counted for both her Hajj and her ‘umrah, and that her ‘umrah had become incorporated into her Hajj, so that she was performing both together in a single ihrām. Yet she insisted on performing a separate ‘umrah, as she had originally intended. When she had done so, he said, “This is in place of your ‘umrah.”