This reasoning does, however, imply that one recites the talbiyah only while travelling, not while standing at ‘Arafāt and Muzdalifah or spending the night there. This is a matter on which hadith scholars have differed. As for reciting the talbiyah while travelling from ‘Arafāt to Muzdalifah and from Muzdalifah to Minā, those who have gathered the authentic hadiths agree on it.

Scholars have held three views concerning a person in ihrām eating the meat of game hunted and ritually slaughtered by someone not in ihrām.

One group of the early generations said that it is forbidden, following their understanding of the words of Allah Most High:

“Land game is forbidden to you as long as you are in ihrām.”

They also relied on the established report that “the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, refused game meat when it was presented to him as a gift.”

Others, including Abū Hanīfah, said that it is permissible without qualification, acting upon the hadith about “Abū Qatādah, who hunted a wild ass, offered its meat to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and informed him that he had not hunted it for him,” as related in the authentic hadiths.

The third group, which includes jurists versed in hadith, said that it is permissible for a person in ihrām, provided that the person in ihrām has neither hunted it for him nor slaughtered it for his sake. This reconciles the hadiths, as Jābir reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “