He also said:

“When you are secure, whoever performs ‘umrah followed by hajj must offer whatever sacrificial offering is readily available. Whoever cannot afford one must fast three days during hajj and seven upon your return—ten days in all. This applies to those whose families do not reside near the Sacred Mosque.” [Al-Baqara: 196]

Combining hajj and ‘umrah is treated by analogy with performing ‘umrah followed by hajj. Mālik—may Allah Most High have mercy on him—held that a pilgrim prevented by illness cannot leave the state of consecration except at the House. If he needs to shave his head before reaching the House, he must make an expiation. If he remains consecrated until performing hajj the following year, he owes no sacrificial offering. If, before the hajj months of the following year, he leaves consecration by performing ‘umrah, he owes a sacrificial offering for having missed hajj. He must slaughter it before shaving his head during the make-up hajj, because He, Mighty and Majestic, says:

“But if you are prevented, then offer whatever sacrificial offering is readily available. And do not shave your heads until the offering reaches its appointed place.” [Al-Baqara: 196]

And because He, Most High, says:

“When you are secure, whoever performs ‘umrah followed by hajj must offer whatever sacrificial offering is readily available.” [Al-Baqara: 196]

In Mālik’s view, the first offering mentioned is the same as the second. If the pilgrim leaves consecration by performing ‘umrah during the hajj months of the following year, he owes another sacrificial offering for performing ‘umrah during those months, just as someone combining hajj and ‘umrah does—unless both are residents near the Sacred Mosque.

‘Urwah ibn al-Zubayr, Ibn Shihāb and a group of scholars held that the first offering, mentioned in His saying, Most High:

“But if you are prevented, then offer whatever sacrificial offering is readily available. And do not shave your heads until the offering reaches its appointed place,” [Al-Baqara: 196]

is different from the second offering, mentioned in His saying, Most High:

“When you are secure, whoever performs ‘umrah followed by hajj must offer whatever sacrificial offering is readily available.” [Al-Baqara: 196]

[The first offering releases him from some restrictions of consecration before he reaches the House, should he choose to send the offering ahead and appoint a time for its slaughter. When that time arrives, he may shave his hair, wear ordinary clothing and do similar things until he reaches the House, where circumambulation releases him from all the restrictions of consecration. The second offering becomes obligatory for having missed hajj if he does not maintain his consecration until performing hajj] the following year.

If he needs to shave his head before the offering he sends reaches the House, he may do so and make an expiation, because Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:

“Whoever among you is ill or has an ailment of the scalp…” [Al-Baqara: 196]—to the end of the verse.

This view better accords with the verse’s meaning.