– Standing at ʿArafah before proceeding to the ifāḍah is the correct view; it is held by the majority of jurists and is one of the two reported positions in the school of Aḥmad (1). ⦗Ikhtiyārāt al-Baʿlī p. 175⦘.

– A group of scholars—among them Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah—prefer the opinion that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, actually performed the ẓuhr prayer at Minā for several reasons. ⦗Tahdhīb al-Sunan 1/398⦘.

– After the first release from iḥrām everything becomes permissible for the pilgrim—even contracting marriage—according to the explicit statement of Imām Aḥmad, except intercourse with women (2). ⦗Zād al-Maʿād 2/141; al-Furūʿ 6/55; Ikhtiyārāt al-Baʿlī p. 175⦘.

– The farewell tawāf is not a pillar but an obligation; it is not an integral part of ḥajj (3). Nevertheless, anyone who intends to leave Mecca must perform it, whereas—according to the sound view—one who remains resident in Mecca is not required to do so. ⦗Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 26/6⦘.

– If a person who is not on pilgrimage departs the city, the apparent sense of Abū al-ʿAbbās’s words is that no farewell tawāf is required of him. ⦗al-Furūʿ 6/64; Ikhtiyārāt al-Baʿlī p. 176⦘.

– Then—after the farewell tawāf—he should drink from Zamzam water and perform istilām (the ritual touching).