after the Hajj, nor did anyone who accompanied him on the Farewell Hajj, with the sole exception of ʿĀ’isha. He sent her to perform umrah with her brother ʿAbd al-Rahmān because she had menstruated. Mosques were subsequently built there and named “the Mosques of ʿĀ’isha,” since she had entered ihrām for umrah from that location. It is the nearest point outside the sacred precinct to Mecca, because the boundary of the sacred precinct on that side is closer to Mecca than on any other side. He had performed umrah in conjunction with his Hajj and had not performed it afterwards. It is therefore clear that his umrah formed part of his Hajj and preceded it; thus, he had performed umrah in conjunction with Hajj.

This is further clarified by the fact that most of those reported to have said that he performed Hajj alone, such as ʿĀ’isha and Ibn ʿUmar, are also reported to have said that he performed umrah in conjunction with Hajj. This is established in the two Sahīh collections through reports from Ibn ʿUmar, ʿĀ’isha and others.

It has also become clear that the claim that he performed umrah in conjunction with Hajj and then left ihrām is mistaken. Some followers of Ahmad, such as al-Qādī and others, maintained this, claiming that it was a privilege granted to him alone, unlike others who performed umrah in conjunction with Hajj and brought sacrificial animals. Likewise, the view attributed to some followers of Mālik and al-Shāfiʿī—that he performed Hajj alone and then performed umrah afterwards—is mistaken. Both views contradict the consensus of scholars versed in the transmitted reports.

The same applies to the claim that he performed two circumambulations and twice traversed between Safā and Marwa, as the followers of Abū Hanīfa maintain: it contradicts the authentic hadiths which