Sahih Muslim Hadith 3001 – Clarifying That

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[3001] 190 – (1235) It was narrated from Muhammad bin 'Abdur-Rahmân that a man from Al-'Irâq said to him: "Ask 'Urwah bin Az-Zubair for me about a man who enters Ihrâm for Hajj – when he has circumambulated the House, can he exit Ihrâm or not? If he says to you that he should not exit Ihrâm, tell him: 'There is a man who says that it may be done." He said: "I asked him, and he said: 'The one who has entered Ihrâm for Hajj cannot exit Ihrâm except by completing ffajj.' I said: 'There is a man who says that it may be done.' He said: 'What a bad thing he has said.' Then that man met me and asked me, and I told him. He said: 'Tell him that a man used to narrate that the Messenger of Allah did that, and how come Asmâ' and Az- Zubair do that?" He said: "I went to him and told him that. He said: 'Who is that?' I said: 'I do not know.' He said: 'Why doesn't he come to me himself and ask me? I think he is an 'Iraqi.' I said: 'I do not know.' He said: 'He is lying. The Messenger of Allah performed Hajj, and 'Aishah [may Allah be pleased with her] told me that the first thing he did when he came to Makkah was perform Wudâ', then he circumambulated the House." '"Then Abü Bakr performed Hajj and the first thing he did was circumambulate the House, and nothing else. Then 'Umar did likewise, then 'U.thmân performed Ijajj and the first thing I saw him do was circumambulate the House and nothing else." "'Then Mu'âwiyah and 'Abdullâh bin 'Umar (performed Hajj), then I performed Hajj with Abü Az-Zubair bin A1-'Awwâm, and the first thing he did was circumambulate the House, and nothing else. Then I saw the Muhâjirân and Ansâr doing that, and nothing else. Then the last one whom I saw doing that was Ibn 'Umar, and he did not alter it to 'Umrah. Ibn 'Umar is with them, so why don't they ask him? No one among those who have passed away started with anything else other than circumambulating the House as soon as they arrived in Makkah, then they did not exit Ihrâm." "I saw my mother and my maternal aunt, when they came (to Makkah), they did not start with anything other than the House, which they circumambulated, then they did not exit Irâm. My mother told me that she and her sister and Az-Zubair and others came to perform 'Umrah only, and when they had touched the Corner (the Black Stone) they exited Izrâm. So he was lying when he told you that."