It was said to Ibn 'Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) that this affair had engaged the attention of the people that he who circumambu- lates the House was permitted to circumambulate for Umra (even though he was in a state of Ihram for Hajj), whereupon he said: That is the Sunnah of your Apostle (ﷺ), even though you may not approve of it.
Reference: Sahih Muslim 1244 b In-book : Book 15, Hadith 227 USC-MSA web (English) : Book 7, Hadith 2868 (deprecated)
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