I used to work as a hired transport driver on this route, and some people would say to me, "You have no valid Hajj." So I met Ibn Umar and said, "Abu Abd al-Rahman, I am a man who works as a hired driver on this route, and some people are telling me that I have no valid Hajj."Ibn Umar replied, "Do you not enter the state of ihram, recite the talbiyah, circumambulate the House, depart from Arafat, and stone the pillars?"I said, "Yes, I do."He said, "Then you have a valid Hajj. A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him the very same question you have asked me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ remained silent and did not answer him until this verse was revealed, 'There is no blame upon you for seeking bounty from your Lord' [Baqarah 2:198]. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then sent for him, recited this verse to him, and said, 'You have a valid Hajj.'"
كنت رجلا أكري في هذا الوجه، وكان ناس يقولون لي: إنه ليس لك حج! فلقيت ابن عمر، فقلت: يا أبا عبد الرحمن! إني رجل أكرى في هذا الوجه، وإن ناسا يقولون لي: إنه ليس لك حج، فقال- يعني قال ابن عمر-: أليس تحرم وتلبي، وتطوف البيت، وتفيض من عرفات، وترمي الجمار؟ قال: قلت: بلى، قال: فإن لك حجا، جاء رجل إلى النبي ﷺ فسأله عن مثل ما سألتني عنه فسكت عنه رسول الله ﷺ فلم يجبه، حتى نزلت هذه الآية: {ليس عليكم جناح أن تبتغوا فضلا من ربكم}. فأرسل إليه رسول الله ﷺ وقرأ عليه هذه الآية وقال: لك حج.
Narrated by Abu Dawud (1733) and Ahmad (6434), and graded sahih by Ibn Khuzayma (3052, 3051) and Hakim (1/449), all of them from the hadith of Abu Umama in this manner, and the wording is that of Abu Dawud. Hakim said, "Sahih in isnad." I say, it is as he said, except that Abu Umama, also said to be Abu Umayma, the Tamimi of Kufa, did not reach the level of the trustworthy and precise narrators. Ishaq bin Mansur reported from Ibn Main that he is trustworthy, though his name is not known, and Abu Zura said, "There is no harm in him." This is how it appears in al-Tahdheeb. But Hafiz said in al-Taqreeb, "Acceptable," and it seems this was an oversight on his part, for someone like him would be classified by him as "truthful."