The fourteenth is what Imam Ahmad related (1) from al-Hirmās ibn Ziyād al-Bāhilī: that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, combined Hajj and ‘umrah during the Farewell Pilgrimage.
The fifteenth is what al-Bazzār related (2) with a sound chain of transmission to Ibn Abī Awfā, who said: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, combined Hajj and ‘umrah only because he knew that he would not perform Hajj again after that year.” It has been said that Yazīd (3) ibn ‘Atā’ made an error in its chain of transmission (4), while others said that he cannot be judged to have erred without evidence.
The sixteenth is what Imam Ahmad related (5) from Jābir ibn ‘Abd Allāh: that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, combined Hajj and ‘umrah and performed a single circumambulation for both. Al-Tirmidhī also related it, and its chain of transmission includes al-Hajjāj ibn Artāh. His narrations fall no lower than the grade of good unless he is alone in reporting something or (6) contradicts trustworthy narrators.
The seventeenth is what Imam Ahmad related (7) from Umm Salamah, who said: