of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, expressed his intention to perform Hajj and ‘umrah together. They are: al-Hasan al-Basrī, Abū Qilābah, Humayd ibn Hilāl, Humayd ibn ‘Abd al-Rahmān (1) al-Tawīl, Qatādah, Yahyā ibn Sa‘īd al-Ansārī, Thābit al-Bunānī, Bakr ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Muzanī, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn Suhayb, Sulaymān al-Taymī, Yahyā ibn Abī Ishāq, Zayd ibn Aslam, Mus‘ab ibn Sulaym, Abū Asmā’, Abū Qudāmah ‘Āsim ibn Habtar (2), and Abū Qaza‘ah, who is Suwayd ibn Hujayr (3) al-Bāhilī.
Here, then, is Anas reporting the words with which the Prophet declared his intention, having heard them from him. Here are ‘Alī and al-Barā’ reporting that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said that he himself performed qirān (Hajj and ‘umrah together). ‘Alī also reports that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, performed it. ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb reports from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, that his Lord commanded him personally to perform it and taught him the words to say when entering ihrām. ‘Alī also reports that he heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, reciting the pilgrim’s invocation for both together. The others we have mentioned report that he performed it. And the Prophet himself, peace and blessings be upon him, commands his family to perform it, as well as those who have brought sacrificial animals.
Those who reported qirān with the utmost clarity are: ‘Ā’ishah, the Mother of the Believers; ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Umar; Jābir ibn ‘Abd Allāh; ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Abbās; ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb; ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib; ‘Uthmān ibn ‘Affān, through his acknowledgment to ‘Alī and ‘Alī’s eliciting that acknowledgment from him; ‘Imrān ibn al-Husayn; al-Barā’ ibn ‘Āzib; Hafsah, the Mother of the Believers; Abū Qatādah; and Ibn Abī