A report that indicates the preference of commencing Ḥajj of Tamattuʿ with ʿUmrah
ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى اسْتِحْبَابِ إِهْلَالِ الْمَرْءِ بِالتَّمَتُّعِ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ، وَالْإِيثَارِ عَلَى الْقِرَانِ وَالْإِفْرَادِ مَعًا
that he performed Ḥajj along with his servants and said: I went to Umm Salamah and said: O Mother of the Believers, I have never performed Hajj before. Should I start with the Ḥajj or do ʿUmrah? She replied: If you wish, perform ʿUmrah first before Hajj, and if you wish, perform ʿUmrah after Hajj. So I went to Ṣafiyyah and she told me the same thing. I then returned to Umm Salamah and informed her about what Ṣafiyyah's said. Umm Salamah said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "O family of Muhammad, whoever among you performs Ḥajj then let them commence their Ḥajj with ʿUmrah ."
أَنَّهُ حَجَّ مَعَ مَوَالِيهِ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ فَقُلْتُ: يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنِّي لَمْ أَحُجَّ قَطُّ، فَبِأَيِّهِمَا أَبْدَأُ بِالْحَجِّ أَمْ بِالْعُمْرَةِ؟ فَقَالَتْ: إِنْ شِئْتَ فَاعْتَمِرْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَحُجَّ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ بَعْدَ أَنْ تَحُجَّ۔ فَذَهَبْتُ إِلَى صَفِيَّةَ فَقَالَتْ لِي مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ۔ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهَا بِقَوْلِ صَفِيَّةَ فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَا آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ مَنْ حَجِّ مِنْكُمْ فَلْيُهِلَّ بِعُمْرَةٍ فِي حَجٍّ۔»