Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Aslam Al-Manqari says that I asked Hazrat Ata: Should I go to Madinah so that I may enter into Ihram for Umrah from the Miqat of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him)? He replied, "In my view, performing Tawaf of the House of Allah is better than traveling towards Madinah Munawwarah."

Hazrat Mujahid says that in my view, performing Tawaf of the Ka'bah is more preferable than traveling to Madinah Munawwarah.

Hazrat Ata says that performing Tawaf is more preferable to me than setting out for Umrah.