on this point in three (1) respects:

First: he claimed that, on the day of his departure, the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) prayed two rak‘ahs for the noon prayer at Dhū al-Hulayfah.

The second error: that he entered ihram that day immediately after the noon prayer. In fact, he entered ihram the following day, after spending the night at Dhū al-Hulayfah.

The third error: that the standing at ‘Arafāt took place on Saturday (2). No one else said this, and it is a clear error.

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Another error was that of al-Qādī ‘Iyād (3) and others: that he (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) applied perfume there before bathing, then washed it off when he bathed.

This error arose from a wording found in Sahīh Muslim (4), in the hadith of ‘Ā’ishah, in which she said: “I applied perfume to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). He then visited each of his wives, then bathed (5), and in the morning he was in ihram.”

What refutes this error is her statement, “I applied perfume to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) for his entry into ihram” (6), and her statement, “It is as though I can see the gleam of the perfume—that is, its shine—in