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Another of his errors (1) was his statement: “He brought the sacrificial animals with him, and this was a voluntary offering.” This rests on his own principle, in which he differed from the imams (2): that a sacrificial offering is not obligatory for someone combining Hajj and umrah, but only for someone performing umrah followed by Hajj separately. The invalidity of this view has already been explained.
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Another error is the claim that he did not specify any particular rite when entering ihram, but left it unspecified. Equally mistaken is the claim that he specified umrah alone, intending to perform Hajj afterwards, as stated by Judge Abū Yaʿlā, the author of al-Mughnī, and others (3). Other errors include the claims that he specified Hajj alone, without performing umrah alongside it; that he specified umrah and then added Hajj to it; or that he specified Hajj alone and subsequently added umrah to it, and that this was a privilege exclusive to him. The basis for these claims and the correct understanding of the matter have already been explained.
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Another error is that of Ahmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Tabarī in his work Hujjat al-Wadāʿ (The Farewell Pilgrimage) (4): that, while they were travelling, Abū Qatādah hunted a wild donkey without being in ihram, and the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) ate some of it. This actually occurred during the umrah of al-Hudaybiyyah, as narrated by al-Bukhārī (5).