Types of Pilgrimage and the Best of Them for One Who Intends to Perform Hajj

The questioner:
He says: If Allah wills, I intend to perform Hajj starting next year, Honorable Shaykh. So what is the appropriate type of pilgrimage and what are its characteristics, especially since I am a poor man?

The Shaykh:
The types of pilgrimage are three: Tamattu', which is that you enter the state of ihram for 'Umrah and perform it, then exit the state of ihram, and then enter the state of ihram for Hajj, and you owe the sacrifice of Tamattu'. The second is Qiran, which is that you enter the state of ihram for 'Umrah and Hajj together with one intention, and you include the 'Umrah in the Hajj and perform the acts of Hajj, including the 'Umrah, but you must offer a ransom by slaughtering the fidyah. The third is Ifrad, which is that you intend only Hajj without 'Umrah, neither before it nor with it.

The presenter:
And it is only Hajj.

The Shaykh:
And you do not owe a ransom. The best of them is Tamattu', then Qiran, then Ifrad. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.