English translation
[2944] 142 - (...) It was narrated that Jābir bin 'Abdullāh [may Allāh be pleased with them] said: "We entered Ihrâm for Hajj with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, but when we came to Makkah he told us to exit Ihrâm and make it Umrah. We found that hard and felt anxious about it. News of that reached the Prophet ﷺ, and we did not know whether he heard of it from heaven, or from the people. He said: 'O people, exit Ihrâm. Were it not for the sacrificial animal that is with me, I would do what you are doing.' So we exited Ihrâm and had intercourse with our wives, and we did what those who are not in Ihrâm do, until the day of At- Tarwiyah came, when we put Makkah behind us (to go to Minâ and 'Arafat) and entered Ihrâm for Hajj."
