حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ قَالَ قَالَ عُرْوَةُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ حَتَّى مَتَى تُضِلُّ النَّاسَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ مَا ذَاكَ يَا عُرَيَّةُ قَالَ تَأْمُرُنَا بِالْعُمْرَةِ فِي أَشْهُرِ الْحَجِّ وَقَدْ نَهَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ قَدْ فَعَلَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ عُرْوَةُ كَانَا هُمَا أَتْبَعَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَعْلَمَ بِهِ مِنْكَ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2277
'Urwah said to Ibn 'Abbas ( RA): How long will you misguide the people, O Ibn 'Abbas? He said: Why are you saying that, O 'Urwah? He said: You enjoin us to do 'Umrah in the months of Hajj when Abu Bakr and 'Umar forbade that! Ibn 'Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) did that. 'Urwah said: They [Abu Bakr and 'Umar] followed the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) more closely and had more knowledge about him than you.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020