He said: Suraqah ibn Malik ibn Ju'shum said: O Messenger of Allah, tell me about this 'umrah of ours—is it for this year only, or for all time? He said: "It is for all time."(1)

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(1) Its chain of transmission is authentic: Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim is al-Dawraqi, Ibn 'Ulayyah is Isma'il ibn Ibrahim, Ibn Jurayj is 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, and he explicitly stated that he narrated it by hearing, and 'Ata' is Ibn Abi Rabah. It is in *al-Sunan al-Kubra* under number (3773).

It was also recorded by Ahmad (14409) and Ibn Hibban (3791) via the chain of Isma'il ibn 'Ulayyah, with this same chain of transmission, and in Ahmad's narration the statement of Suraqah ibn Malik is not mentioned.

It was also recorded in full and in abridged form by al-Bukhari (1557), (2505), (4352), and (7367), Muslim (1216): (141), Abu Dawud (1787), and Ibn Majah (1074) through multiple paths from Ibn Jurayj, with it.

Al-Bukhari also attached it in a suspended form after (1558) and (4352) in abridged form, and in full after (7367) from Muhammad ibn Bakr al-Bursani, from Ibn Jurayj, with it.

It was also recorded in a similar abridged form by Ahmad (14279), (14900), and (14942), al-Bukhari (1568), (1651), (1785), and (7230), Muslim (1216): (143) and (144), Abu Dawud (1789), Ibn Majah (2980), and Ibn Hibban (3921) through multiple paths from 'Ata' ibn Abi Rabah, with it. In some narrations there is an addition mentioning the performance of 'umrah by 'A'ishah from al-Tan'im along with her brother 'Abd al-Rahman.

It was also recorded in abridged form by Ahmad (14833) and (14931), al-Bukhari (1570), and Muslim (1216) (146) via the path of Mujahid, from Jabir, with it.

The report of 'Ali's arrival from Yemen and his entering into the state of ihram for Hajj has already preceded via the path of Shu'ayb ibn Ishaq, from Ibn Jurayj, with it, under number (2744), and via the path of Ja'far ibn Muhammad, from his father, from Jabir, under numbers (2712) and (2743).

It will come later in abridged form via the path of Shu'ayb ibn Ishaq, from Ibn Jurayj, with it, under number (2872).

It will also come later without the mention of 'Ali's arrival and the statement of Suraqah, via the path of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Abi Sulayman, from 'Ata' ibn Abi Rabah, with it, under number (2994).

His saying: "Had I known beforehand..."—al-Sindi said: That is, had I known at the beginning of my undertaking what I now know of the hardship that would befall my companions due to their being left alone in abrogating [the Hajj into 'umrah], to the point that they hesitated, wavered, and objected, I would not have brought the sacrificial animal, so that I could have abrogated along with them.

And his saying: "It is for all time"—al-Nawawi said in *Sharh Sahih Muslim* 8/166: The scholars differed concerning =