The First Public Hajj After the Conquest, Led by Attab ibn Asid RA (8 AH)

Makkah was conquered in Ramadan of the 8th year of the Hijrah, and the Battle of Hunayn (Shawwal, 8 AH) was over soon after, so, in principle, the Prophet ﷺ and the Muslims of Madinah could have performed Hajj that same year. They did not, because Makkah was not yet fully secure: the neighboring city of Ta'if and its tribe, Thaqif, remained hostile until their own delegation and conversion later on. There was therefore no official Hajj delegation sent from Madinah in the 8th year. A small group of Muslims did perform Hajj that year, however, led by Attab ibn Asid of the Banu Abd Shams, whom the Prophet ﷺ had appointed governor of Makkah. Attab was a late convert to Islam (he embraced Islam only at the Conquest), but because he had never made Hijrah, he was permitted to remain in Makkah: unlike the Muhajirun, who were bound never to return to the city they had emigrated from, on pain of nullifying their Hijrah. As governor, Attab led this small group in the first Hajj performed openly by Muslims since the start of Islam.