begin with anything upon their arrival before circumambulating the House, and afterward they would not leave ihrām (the state of pilgrimage consecration). I also saw that when my mother (1) and my maternal aunt arrived, they began with nothing before going to the House: they circumambulated it and afterward did not leave ihrām. My mother told me that she had come (2), together with her sister, al-Zubayr, and so-and-so and so-and-so, for ‘umrah alone (3); after touching the Corner, they left ihrām.”
In Sunan Abī Dāwūd (4): Mūsā ibn Ismā‘īl narrated to us: Hammād ibn Salamah and Wuhayb ibn Khālid narrated to us, both from Hishām ibn ‘Urwah, from his father, from ‘Ā’ishah, who said: We set out with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, as the new moon of Dhū al-Hijjah appeared. When he reached Dhū al-Hulayfah, he said: “Whoever wishes to enter ihrām for Hajj may do so (5), and whoever wishes to enter ihrām for ‘umrah may do so (6).” Hammād alone (7) included in his narration these words of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: “Had I not brought sacrificial animals, I would have entered ihrām for ‘umrah.” The other narrator (8) reported: “As for me, I shall enter ihrām for Hajj.” Taken together, the two narrations therefore establish that he entered ihrām for Hajj alone.
The proponents of this view have an evident justification, as you can see. But what justification do they have in the face of his own declaration and account of himself, in which he stated: “I brought the sacrificial animals