عَنْ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ: شَهِدْتُ عَلِيًّا وَعُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ، وَعُثْمَانُ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ، وَأَنْ يُجْمَعَ بَيْنَهُمَا، فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَهَلَّ بِهِمَا فَقَالَ: لَبَّيْكَ بِعُمْرَةٍ وَحَجٍّ مَعًا، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: تَرَانِي أَنْهَى النَّاسَ عَنْهُ وَأَنْتَ تَفْعَلُهُ؟ قَالَ: لَمْ أَكُنْ أَدَعُ سُنَّةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِقَوْلِ أَحَدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ
Marwan bin Hakam says: I was present with Sayyiduna Ali and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them both) between Makkah Mukarramah and Madinah Munawwarah. Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was forbidding Hajj Tamattu’ and combining Hajj and ‘Umrah in one Ihram. But when Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) saw this, he recited the Talbiyah for both together and said: “Labbayka bi ‘umratin wa hajj-in ma‘an” (I enter into Ihram for both ‘Umrah and Hajj together). Upon hearing this, Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do you see that I am forbidding people from doing this, and yet you are doing the same? Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: I will not abandon the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the basis of anyone’s statement.