Those who held to ifrad and did not perform qiran

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We set out with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), intending nothing but Hajj.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We set out with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the state of ihram for Hajj.

Ibn Sirin said: The Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Hajj al-Ifrad for forty years after his (peace and blessings be upon him) death, and they (Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman) were the strictest in following his Sunnah.

It is narrated from al-Aswad that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) performed Hajj al-Ifrad. Sufyan, the narrator, added Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) as well.

Sufyan added: And Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).

Ibrahim said: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, Sayyiduna Umar and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them), and Alqamah and al-Aswad performed Hajj al-Ifrad.

Ayyub said: I asked Sulayman bin Yasar about combining Hajj and Umrah. He said: We do not like to mix anything else (any other act of worship) with our Hajj.

Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Perform Hajj al-Ifrad, and leave the saying of this blind man of yours, meaning Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both).

Ibrahim used to dislike Hajj al-Qiran and Hajj al-Tamattu', and he would say: Hajj al-Ifrad is preferable in my view.

Al-Sha'bi said: Hajj al-Ifrad is more preferable in my view.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) performed all of his Hajj during his caliphate as Hajj al-Ifrad.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Two rites (Hajj and Umrah): I prefer that each of them should have its own dishevelment and its own journey."

He said: Al-Aswad travelled eighty times for Hajj and Umrah, and he never combined the two.

And Abd al-Rahman bin al-Aswad travelled sixty times for Hajj and Umrah, and he never combined the two.

Muhammad bin Abi Isma'il said: I set out on a journey with Ibrahim, and some other companions of ours were with us. We all entered ihram together for Hajj alone (ifrad).