2733 - ‘Amr ibn ‘Ali informed us, saying: Yahya ibn Sa‘id narrated to us, saying: ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Harmalah narrated to us, saying: I heard Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyab say:

‘Ali and ‘Uthman performed the Hajj. When we were on part of the road, ‘Uthman forbade tamattu‘ (performing ‘Umrah during the Hajj season before the Hajj). ‘Ali said: “When you see that he has mounted (to depart), then mount.” So ‘Ali and his companions raised their voices with the talbiyah for ‘Umrah, and ‘Uthman did not forbid them. ‘Ali said: “Have I not been told that you forbid tamattu‘?” He said: “Yes.” ‘Ali said to him: “Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, perform tamattu‘?” He said: “Yes.”

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And his saying: “and let him shorten (his hair)” — he only commanded him to shorten (the hair) rather than shave it, even though shaving is more virtuous, so that he would retain hair to shave during the Hajj. “Then let him enter into ihram for the Hajj” — meaning: let him assume ihram at the time of his departure to ‘Arafat; and for this reason he used “thumma” (then), which indicates delay, so he did not intend that he should enter into ihram for the Hajj immediately after completing his ‘Umrah. See the rest of his words, and al-Nawawi’s words in Sharh Muslim, 8/208-209.

Al-Sindi said: His saying: “then he walked briskly (khabba)” — meaning: he walked at a fast pace with close steps, which is what is meant by ramal (quick walking with short steps).

(1) In the margin of (K): “they both were” (variant reading).
(2) In (R): “‘Ali said,” without the word “to him.”
(3) A sound hadith, and this chain is good. ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Harmalah — and he is Ibn ‘Amr al-Aslami al-Madani — is truthful, of good hadith, and the rest of its narrators are trustworthy. Yahya ibn Sa‘id: he is al-Qattan, and ‘Amr ibn ‘Ali: he is al-Fallas. It is in al-Sunan al-Kubra, no. (3699).
Ahmad (402) also narrated it from Yahya ibn Sa‘id, with this chain.
‘Abdullah ibn al-Imam Ahmad (424 — Zawa’id) narrated it via Yusuf ibn Yazid al-Barra’, from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Harmalah, with it, and in it: “I do not know what ‘Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, answered him,” instead of his saying: “He said: Yes.”
Ahmad (1146), al-Bukhari (1569), and Muslim (1223): (159) narrated something similar from the path of ‘Amr ibn Murrah, from Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyab, with it, and in it that their meeting was at ‘Usfan.
Ahmad (707) narrated from the path of Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Yahya ibn ‘Abbad ibn ‘Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, from his father, from ‘Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, who said: “By Allah, we were with ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan at al-Juhfah…” and in it: ‘Uthman said: “The most complete Hajj and ‘Umrah is that they not be (combined) in the months of the Hajj…” and he mentioned something similar to it, longer. =