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Another error is the claim that he traversed the distance between al-Safā and al-Marwah fourteen (1) times, counting his going and his traversal (2) as a single length. We have already explained why this is incorrect.

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Another error is the claim that he performed the dawn prayer on the Day of Sacrifice before its prescribed time. This error rests on the hadith of Ibn Mas‘ūd stating that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) performed the dawn prayer on the Day of Sacrifice before its appointed time (3). What he meant was only that he prayed before the time at which he habitually performed it, offering it earlier that day. This interpretation is necessary, and Ibn Mas‘ūd’s hadith indicates precisely this. In Sahīh al-Bukhārī (4), he is reported to have said:

“These are two prayers that are shifted from their times: the sunset prayer, after people arrive at Muzdalifah, and the dawn prayer, when dawn first breaks.”

Jābir said in his account of the Farewell Pilgrimage (5):

“He then performed the dawn prayer when dawn became clearly apparent to him, with an adhan and an iqāmah.”

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Another error is the mistaken claim that he performed the noon and afternoon prayers on the Day of ‘Arafah (6), and the sunset prayer