We set out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ speaking of nothing but the Hajj, until we reached Sarif, where I began menstruating. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came in to me while I was weeping.He asked, "What is making you cry?"I said, "By Allah, I wish I had not come out this year."He said, "What is the matter with you? Perhaps you are menstruating?"I said, "Yes."He said, "This is something Allah has decreed upon the daughters of Adam. Do what the pilgrim does, except do not circle the House until you become pure."She said, When we arrived in Makkah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to his companions, "Make it an Umra." So the people came out of the state of ihram, except those who had brought sacrificial animals with them.
خرجنا مع رسول الله ﷺ لا نذكر إلا الحج حتى جئنا سرف فطمثت، فدخل علي رسول الله ﷺ وأنا أبكي! فقال: ما يبكيك؟ فقلت: والله لوددت أني لم أكن خرجت العام؟ قال: ما لك لعلك نفست؟ قلت: نعم. قال: هذا شيء كتبه الله على بنات آدم، افعلي ما يفعل الحاج غير أن لا تطوفي بالبيت حتى تطهري. قالت: فلما قدمت مكة، قال رسول الله ﷺ لأصحابه: اجعلوها عمرة. فأحل الناس إلا من كان معه الهدي.
Muslim narrated it in the chapter on Hajj (1211:120) through the route of Abdul-Aziz bin Abu Salama Majishun, from Abdul-Rahman bin Qasim, from his father, from Ayesha, and he related it. Muslim then gave the hadith of Hammad, from Abdul-Rahman, from his father, from Ayesha, who said, "We raised the pilgrimage cry for Hajj until, when we were at Sarif, I menstruated. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came in to me while I was weeping," and he related the hadith in a manner similar to the hadith of Majishun. This makes clear that the hadith of Hammad does not contradict the hadith of Majishun regarding the conversion of the Hajj into an Umrah.However, Abu Dawud narrated it (1782) from Abu Salama Musa bin Ismail, who said, Hammad related to us, from Abdul-Rahman bin Qasim, from his father, from Ayesha, that she said, "We raised the pilgrimage cry for Hajj until, when we were at Sarif, I menstruated. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came in to me while I was weeping." He said, "What makes you weep, Ayesha?" I said, "I have menstruated. I wish I had not performed Hajj." He said, "Glory be to Allah! That is only something Allah has decreed for the daughters of Adam." He said, "Perform all the rites, except do not circle the House." Then when we entered Makkah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever wishes to make it an Umrah may make it an Umrah, except one who has the sacrificial animal with him."This element of choice found in the hadith of Hammad (that is, Ibn Salama) contains an objectionable feature, because the sahih position is that the choice occurred at Zulhulayfa, whereas at Sarif it was either encouragement or a definite command. This is supported by the fact that Muslim, after relating it from the hadith of Hammad, said, "similar to Majishun," and in the hadith of Majishun there is a definite command to convert the Hajj into an Umrah, in his ﷺ words, "Make it an Umrah." So either Hammad bin Salama narrated it in two different ways and erred in one of them, or the one who narrated from him made a mistake regarding him.Hammad bin Salama has another chain of transmission, which he narrated from Humayd, from Bakr bin Abdullah, from Ibn Umar, who said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived at Makkah while his companions were raising the pilgrimage cry for Hajj, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever wishes to make it an Umrah may do so, except one who has the sacrificial animal with him." Imam Ahmad narrated it (4822) from Rawh and Affan, who both said, Hammad bin Salama related to us, and he related it, at length. The apparent chain is sahih.Imam Ahmad also narrated it through three other routes from Humayd, that is, Ibn Abu Humayd Tawil, from Bakr, that is, Ibn Abdullah Muzani, from Ibn Umar, and all of them differed from Hammad in his wording "whoever wishes."Among these three routes, the first is Yazid bin Harun, from Humayd, with his chain, in which Bakr said, I said to Ibn Umar, "Anas told us that the Prophet ﷺ entered the state of consecration for both Umrah and Hajj together." He said, "How could I forget! The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the state of consecration for Hajj alone, and we entered it with him. When he arrived, he said, 'Whoever does not have a sacrificial animal with him should make it an Umrah.' The Prophet ﷺ had a sacrificial animal with him, so he did not exit the state of consecration." Imam Ahmad narrated it through this route as well (4996).The second route is Sahl bin Yusuf, from Humayd, with his chain, similarly. Imam Ahmad also narrated it through this route (5147).The third route is Muhammad bin Abu Adi, from Humayd, with his chain, similarly. Imam Ahmad also narrated it through this route (5509).So these three narrators, all of whom are reliable, differed from Hammad in his wording "whoever wishes." It appears that the error in this lies with Hammad bin Salama, because his memory deteriorated in his later years, so his narration is not accepted when it contradicts that of reliable narrators. The route of Humayd, from Bakr, is found in the Sahihayn, and it does not mention "whoever wishes."