Al-Ḥāfiẓ observed that the claim of unanimous agreement is open to question, and Ibn al-Mulqin considered Yazīd’s status to be stronger than that.

The report of Ibn ʿAbbās has yet another flaw: it is not known that Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ever heard the narration directly from his grandfather.

Glossary of ḥadīth terms and locations
• Dhāt ʿIrq: a small ridge—its name derives from a narrow hill that stretches east to west for only 2 kilometres and overlooks the iḥrām site from the south. The ridge begins in the east above a valley called Ankhal and ends in the west at a valley known as al-ʿAṣlāʾ al-Sharqiyyah. These details are based on direct observation with trustworthy local residents. The spot is also called al-Ḍarībah (singular of ḍirāb, “small hills”). It lies about 100 kilometres east of Mecca and is now abandoned because no road leads to it.
• Al-ʿAqīq: a large valley—spelled with a fatḥah on the ʿayn and a kasrah on the qāf—situated to the east of Mecca, directly in line with Dhāt ʿIrq but a further 28 kilometres eastward, and about 128 kilometres from Mecca itself.

Points derived from the two ḥadīths

1. The places mentioned are spatial miqāts for entering a state of consecration (iḥrām); anyone intending ḥajj or ʿumrah may not pass them without iḥrām.
2. For those living inside these boundaries, their miqāt is the very town or village where they reside.
3. Someone who crosses the miqāt without planning to perform the rites and later decides to do so must enter iḥrām from the point where that intention arises.
4. The miqāt for the people of Mecca is Mecca itself for ḥajj. For ʿumrah, however, they must go outside the sacred precinct (ḥill) before assuming iḥrām. This is the view of the majority of scholars, including the four Imams.