2808 - Ishaq ibn Ibrahim informed us, saying: Abd al-Aziz — namely al-Darawardi — informed us, on the authority of Rabi'ah ibn Abi Abd al-Rahman, on the authority of al-Harith ibn Bilal, on the authority of his father, who said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, is the annulment of the Hajj (and its conversion into 'Umrah) specific to us, or general for all people? He said: "Rather, it is specific to us."

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= 7/12 — This is because 'Ata — namely Ibn Abi Rabah — was born in the year twenty-six or after it, while Suraqah died in the year twenty-four. 'Abdah: he is Ibn Sulayman, and Ibn Abi 'Arubah: he is Sa'id. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (3775).

His statement: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, performed tamattu' — is interpreted as referring to qiran at the end, for he first entered ihram for the Hajj alone, then entered ihram for the 'Umrah, thus becoming a qarin in the final outcome of his affair. See "Sharh Muslim" by al-Nawawi, 8/208.

It has already preceded from the hadith of 'Imran ibn Husayn (2739), who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, performed tamattu', and we performed tamattu' with him. It has also preceded from the hadith of Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him (2732), in extended form.

And see the hadith preceding this one, and hadith number (2805).

(1) Its chain is weak due to the unknown status of al-Harith ibn Bilal; for only Rabi'ah ibn Abi Abd al-Rahman narrated this hadith from him, as al-Dhahabi mentioned in "al-Mizan" (1/396), and he transmitted from Ahmad his statement: I do not adopt it, and its chain is not well-known. The rest of its narrators are trustworthy, except Abd al-Aziz al-Darawardi — namely Ibn Muhammad — who is truthful. Ishaq ibn Ibrahim: he is Ibn Rahawayh, and Bilal (the Companion of the hadith): he is Ibn al-Harith al-Muzani, a Medinan, who died in the year sixty at the end of Mu'awiyah's caliphate. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (3776).

Ahmad also recorded it (15853) and (15854), Abu Dawud (1808), and Ibn Majah (2984) through various routes from Abd al-Aziz al-Darawardi, with this chain.

The hadith has supporting witnesses, including the statement of Abu Dharr that follows it regarding the tamattu' of the Hajj; he said: It was specific to us — meaning that the Hajj be made into an 'Umrah, as will come. The majority of scholars hold that it was specific to the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, due to a reason stated by Ibn Abbas, as in the hadith that follows under number (2813), where he said: They used to consider the 'Umrah during the months of the Hajj among the most wicked of wickedness on earth... the hadith. Thus, its wisdom was the abolition of what the pre-Islamic era had been upon, namely the prohibition of 'Umrah during the months of the Hajj.

And regarding the view that the annulment of the Hajj by means of 'Umrah was specific to the Companions and not for those after them — this is the position of the group of jurists of the Hijaz, Iraq, and Syria, such as Malik, al-Thawri, al-Awza'i, Abu Hanifah, al-Shafi'i, and their companions, and most scholars =