3-176 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr al-Bazanty, on the authority of Ali ibn Abi Hamzih, on the authority of Abi Basir and Zurarah ibn A’ayan that Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) said, “One may perform the Hajj pilgrimage in either one of three ways:1- Hajj Al-Kira’an with the offering;3- Hajj Ifra’ad without taking the offering and3- Hajj Tamatu in which the pilgrim puts on Ihram and goes to Mecca during the months of Hajj. ”