Cancelling Hajj: did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) do it?

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Had I known beforehand about my affair what I came to know later, I would not have driven the sacrificial animal (hady) and would have made it an Umrah. So whoever among you has no sacrificial animal with him should come out of ihram and make it an Umrah." Sayyiduna Suraqah (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), is this for this year of ours only, or forever?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) interlaced his fingers, one into the other, and said: "Umrah has entered into Hajj forever and ever."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that people came with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for Hajj. He (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered them, and they made it an Umrah. Then he said: "Had I known beforehand about my affair what I came to know later, I would not have done that (driven the sacrificial animal); but Umrah has entered into Hajj until the Day of Resurrection." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) interlaced his fingers.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered ihram for Hajj only, and we entered ihram with him. When we arrived (at Makkah), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever does not have a sacrificial animal (hady) with him should come out of ihram." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had a sacrificial animal with him, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not come out of ihram.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): We set out with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in ihram for Hajj, in the months of Hajj and the days of Hajj. When we reached Sarif, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his Companions: "Whoever among you has not driven a sacrificial animal (hady) and would like to change his ihram from Hajj to Umrah, let him do so."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is an Umrah from which we have benefited (by tamattu'). So whoever does not have a sacrificial animal (hady) with him should come out of ihram completely (towards Umrah), for Umrah has entered into Hajj until the Day of Resurrection."

Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Performing tamattu' in Hajj was specific to the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: It is not for anyone to enter ihram for Hajj and then change it into Umrah, except for those who were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Perform Hajj alone (ifrad), and leave the saying of this blind man of yours." When this reached Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), he said: "The one whose heart and eyes Allah has blinded is you! Why do you not ask your mother?" So he asked his mother, and she said: "We came with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for Hajj; he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us, and we came out of ihram completely, until the censers sent up their (fragrant) smoke between the men and the women."