A fourth way of entering the state of ihram is to consecrate oneself for ʿUmrah alone outside the months of Hajj, with the intention of coming back in that very year for Hajj.

As for Ifrād al-Hajj, it means that a person pronounces the talbiyah for Hajj only—either from his own home or from the miqāt appointed for his land—then proceeds with the rites of Hajj until he completes them exactly as set out in the chapter on the performance of Hajj. In Mālik’s view this is the most meritorious option, ranking above both qirān and tamattuʿ.

Tamattuʿ is for someone to perform ʿUmrah during the months of Hajj, or to leave the ihram of an ʿUmrah during those months even if he had assumed it earlier, and then—in that same year—perform Hajj before returning to his homeland. Whoever does this is called a mutamattiʿ and must offer whatever sacrificial animal he can afford, so long as his family are not counted among the residents of the Sacred Mosque. According to Mālik, this category includes the people of Mecca and of Dhū-Tuwa, for the latter is part of Mecca. Anyone who belongs to the residents of the Sacred Mosque and practices tamattuʿ owes neither a sacrificial animal nor any fasting. The same applies to pilgrims arriving from other regions whose ʿUmrah took place outside the months of Hajj; nothing is due from them either.

Likewise, a person who goes back to his country after performing ʿUmrah in the months of Hajj and then returns in the same year for Hajj owes nothing, because he made the ʿUmrah on one journey and the Hajj on a second. The hady becomes obligatory—Allah knows best—only on the non-Meccan who performs both ʿUmrah and Hajj in the same year without returning to his homeland, thereby saving himself one of the two journeys from his country to the Sacred House.

If he travels to a place other than his own country and then in that same year performs Hajj, he is still regarded as a mutamattiʿ and must offer whatever sacrificial animal is within reach, unless the region to which he traveled is as distant as his original homeland, or nearly so; in that case, nothing is required of him.

For the mutamattiʿ it is recommended to offer a camel or a cow, although a sheep is sufficient. If he cannot find an animal to sacrifice, he must fast 3 days during the Hajj after entering its ihram, the last of which is the Day of ʿArafah, and it will not suffice him to fast after that.