for all time, and ‘umrah has become part of Hajj until the Day of Resurrection.” (1)
Fourteen Companions—may Allah be pleased with them—reported his command, peace and blessings be upon him, to change Hajj into an ‘umrah. Their hadiths are all authentic. They are: ‘Ā’ishah and Hafsah, the Mothers of the Believers; ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib; Fātimah, daughter of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him; Asmā’ bint Abī Bakr al-Siddīq; Jābir ibn ‘Abd Allāh; Abū Sa‘īd al-Khudrī; al-Barā’ ibn ‘Āzib; ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Umar (2); Anas ibn Mālik; Abū Mūsā al-Ash‘arī; ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Abbās; Sabrah ibn Ma‘bad al-Juhanī; and Surāqah ibn Mālik al-Mudlijī. We shall now refer to these hadiths.
In the two Sahīh collections (3), Ibn ‘Abbās reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and his Companions arrived on the morning (4) of the fourth day, having entered ihram for Hajj. He commanded them to make it an ‘umrah. They found this difficult to accept and asked: “O Messenger of Allah! To what extent may we leave ihram?” He replied: “Complete release from ihram.”
In one wording recorded by Muslim (5): “The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and his Companions arrived on the fourth of the ten days, reciting the talbiyah for Hajj, and he commanded them to make it an ‘umrah.” In another wording (6): “And he commanded his Companions