The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "What did you do?" I said: "I entered into the state of ihlal with the same ihlal as yours." He said: "Indeed, I have brought the sacrificial animal (hady) with me, and I performed qiran (combining Hajj and 'Umrah)." He said: And he said to his companions: "Had I known beforehand what I came to know later, I would have done as you did, but I brought the sacrificial animal and performed qiran."

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(1) In (H) and the printed edition: And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said.
(2) In (K): kama, and in its margin: ma. (variant reading).
(3) In (H) and the printed edition: wa-lakinni.
(4) The report of his qiran (peace and blessings be upon him) is authentic apart from this particular wording, and this chain is hasan (good). Mu'awiyah ibn Salih — who is al-Ash'ari — and Yunus — who is Ibn Abi Ishaq al-Sabi'i — are sadiq (truthful), and the rest of its narrators are trustworthy. Hajjaj: he is Ibn Muhammad al-Missisi, and Abu Ishaq: he is 'Amr ibn 'Abdullah al-Sabi'i. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (3691).
It was also narrated in a longer form by Abu Dawud (1797) — and through him al-Bayhaqi in "al-Sunan" 5/15 — from Yahya ibn Ma'in, with this chain. Al-Bayhaqi said: Thus in this narration: "and I performed qiran," and that is not in the hadith of Jabir ibn 'Abdullah when he described the arrival of 'Ali and his ihlal, and the hadith of Jabir is more authentic in chain and better in wording, and alongside the hadith of Jabir is the hadith of Anas ibn Malik. End quote. However, al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar authenticated the wording "and I performed qiran" in "Fath al-Bari" 3/429, even though he said in his "Taqrib" regarding Yunus ibn Abi Ishaq: sadiq, occasionally makes errors. It was also authenticated by Abu al-'Abbas al-Qurtubi in "al-Mufhim" 3/359.
As for the hadith of Jabir, it will come under number (2743), and in it is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "With what did you enter into ihlal?" He said: I said: "O Allah, I enter into ihlal with what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered into ihlal," and I had the sacrificial animal with me. He said: "Then do not exit the state of ihram." And in the narration (2744) will come his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) to him: "Then offer the sacrifice and remain in the state of ihram as you are." And in the narration (2712) has already preceded his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "Had I known beforehand what I came to know later, I would not have brought the sacrificial animal, and I would have made it an 'Umrah." These are authentic narrations.
As for the hadith of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): al-Bukhari (1558) and Muslim (1250) narrated from him that he said: 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) from Yemen, and he said: "With what did you enter into ihlal?" He said: "With what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered into ihlal." He said: "Were it not that I have the sacrificial animal with me, I would have exited the state of ihram."
And his saying: "I brought the sacrificial animal and performed qiran" also came from the hadith of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) as narrated by Ahmad (12502), and in its chain is Abu Asma' al-Sayqal, who is unknown. =