Those who drove an offering when performing qiran, and those who permitted qiran

Abu Ja'far was asked about a person who performs qiran. He said: I prefer that the one performing qiran drive the sacrificial animal (hadi) from the place where he enters ihram.

Ata was asked: What if a person combines Hajj and Umrah? He said: If he wishes, he may drive the sacrificial animal (hadi) along with him, and if he wishes, it suffices him to buy a sheep from Makkah.

Shurayh and Sayyiduna Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) performed qiran and did not offer a sacrificial animal (hadi).

Al-Hakam said: Qiran does not please me unless the sacrificial animal is with it, and for the one performing tamattu' a sheep suffices.

Salih al-Ukli said: I asked al-Sha'bi about Hajj al-qiran. He said: It is good, and between them is whatever is easily obtained. I asked him about tamattu'. He said: It is good, and between them is whatever is easily obtained. I asked about Hajj alone. He said: It is good. I said: Which is the more preferable in your view? He said: Performing Hajj alone (without combining Umrah with it).

Ibrahim said: For the one performing qiran and the one performing tamattu', one sheep each suffices; he should buy them from Makkah.

For Ibn Sirin, the most preferable thing was that the one performing qiran should enter ihram (for qiran) when he drives the sacrificial animal (hadi); and if he did not drive it, he did not like it.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: May one perform qiran without a sacrificial animal (hadi)? He said: I have not seen anyone of us do that.

Al-Aswad performed Hajj al-qiran and bought his sacrificial animal (hadi) from Makkah.

Sa'id bin Jubayr disliked Hajj al-qiran without a sacrificial animal (hadi).

Something similar is narrated from Mujahid as well.