my body, protection in my religion, and a good return. Enable me to obey You for as long as You keep me alive, and grant me the good of both this world and the Hereafter. Surely You have power over all things.”
If he stands at the door and supplicates there without pressing himself against the House, that is also good. When he turns to leave, he should not stop, look back, or walk backwards. Al-Tha‘labī says in Fiqh al-Lughah (The Study of Language): “Al-qahqarā means walking backwards.” It has even been said that if he sees the House, he should return and bid it farewell. Likewise, after greeting the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, he should not turn away or walk backwards; rather, he should leave as people leave mosques after prayer.
The rites of someone combining Hajj and ‘umrah are no more than those of someone performing Hajj alone. However, both the former and someone performing tamattu‘—‘umrah followed by Hajj, with a release from ihram between them—must offer a sacrificial animal: a camel, a cow, a sheep, or a share in a sacrificial animal. Anyone unable to obtain a sacrificial animal must fast three days before the Day of Sacrifice and seven upon returning. According to the strongest scholarly opinion, he may fast the three days from the time he enters ihram for ‘umrah.
Three positions are transmitted from Ahmad on this matter: that he may fast them before entering ihram for ‘umrah; that he may fast them only after entering ihram for Hajj; and that he may fast them from the time he enters ihram for ‘umrah. The last is the strongest view. It has also been said that he may fast them after leaving ihram upon completing ‘umrah, for by then he has embarked upon Hajj. ‘Umrah, however, has been incorporated into Hajj just as ablution is incorporated into the full ritual bath. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
“‘Umrah has become part of Hajj until the Day of Resurrection.”
The Companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, were performing tamattu‘ with him, and they only