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As for performing Umrah in Ramadan:

The two Sahihs and the Sunan collections report from ʿAtāʾ: I heard Ibn ʿAbbās relate to us:

“The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to a woman of the Ansār—whom Ibn ʿAbbās named, but whose name I have forgotten—‘What prevented you from performing Hajj with us?’

“She replied, ‘We had only two camels used for drawing water. The father of her child performed Hajj on one and left us the other to draw water with.’

“He said, ‘When Ramadan comes, perform Umrah, for an Umrah in Ramadan is equivalent to a Hajj.’”

The two Sahihs also report from Ibn ʿAbbās that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“An Umrah in Ramadan is equivalent to a Hajj.”

The two Sahihs also report:

“The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to Umm Sinān, a woman of the Ansār, ‘An Umrah in Ramadan is equivalent to a Hajj with me.’”

Al-Bukhārī also related this hadith through Jābir, omitting the beginning of its chain of transmission. Umm Maʿqil also reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“An Umrah in Ramadan is equivalent to a Hajj.”

Ibn Mājah and al-Tirmidhī related it, and al-Tirmidhī graded it a good hadith.

Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Salām reported from his grandmother, Umm Maʿqil, who said:

“When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, performed the Farewell Hajj, we had a camel which Abū Maʿqil had dedicated to the cause of Allah. Illness afflicted us, Abū Maʿqil died, and there set out