Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed three Hajjs: two Hajjs before the Hijrah, and one Hajj al-Qiran.
How can this be authentic, when the opposite of this has been narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) through several routes regarding the ihram of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? Imam Abu Isa al-Tirmidhi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Imam Muhammad bin Isma'il al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) about this hadith, and he said: This hadith is a mistake; it is only narrated from al-Thawri as mursal. Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When Zayd bin al-Hubab narrated from memory, he sometimes made a mistake in something. The Shaykh said: This has also been narrated in the hadith of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), but that is not preserved (mahfuz).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الحج / 8841