Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that we set out with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) in the year of the Farewell Pilgrimage (for Hajj), so we assumed Ihram for Umrah. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Whoever has a sacrificial animal with him should assume Ihram for both Hajj and Umrah together (and recite the Talbiyah)."

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that I have seen myself in the state that I used to braid necklaces for the sacrificial goats of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). He would send them to Makkah Mukarramah, and he himself would remain in the state of being non-pilgrim in Madinah Munawwarah (i.e., he would not go for Hajj or Umrah). This is the narration of Zafirani.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the Zuhr prayer and ordered that his sacrificial animal be marked on the right side. He hung two sandals around its neck and cleaned its blood. Then, when his she-camel straightened with him at the place of Baida, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made the intention and recited the Talbiyah. In the narration of Janab Bandad, it is mentioned that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the Zuhr prayer at Dhul-Hulaifah and performed Ish'ar (marking) on his sacrificial animal, and these words are not mentioned that he cleaned its blood. Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the words in the narration of Janab Muhammad bin Ja'far, "and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Ish'ar on his sacrificial animal," this issue belongs to the same category which we have mentioned several times in our books: that the Arabs attribute an action to the one who commands it just as they attribute it to the one who actually performs it. Therefore, the words of the hadith, "the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Ish'ar on his sacrificial animal," mean that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Ish'ar to be done, because in the narration of Janab Yahya bin Qatan, it is mentioned that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered his sacrificial animal to be marked. This is evidence that he ordered Ish'ar to be done, not that he did it himself. And it is also possible that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself performed Ish'ar on some camels with his blessed hand and ordered the rest to be marked. Therefore, in the narration where the command of Ish'ar is mentioned, it means that he ordered some camels to be marked. And in the narration where it is said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself performed Ish'ar on his sacrificial animals, it also refers to some camels, not all of them. In this way, all these narrations confirm and verify each other; they do not contradict each other as some ignorant people think.

Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he set out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) for Hajj in the year of the Farewell Pilgrimage, and with him was his noble wife, Sayyidah Asma bint Umais bin Khath’am (may Allah be pleased with her) as well. Then, when they were at Shajarah (that is, Dhu’l-Hulayfah), Sayyidah Asma (may Allah be pleased with her) gave birth to Muhammad bin Abu Bakr. So Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) presented himself to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and informed him of this matter. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) instructed Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) to order Sayyidah Asma (may Allah be pleased with her) to perform ghusl (ritual bath), then to recite the talbiyah for Hajj, and to perform all the rites as the other pilgrims do, but she should not perform the tawaf of the House (Ka’bah).

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that this is the plain of Bayda about which you attribute lies to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). By Allah, he called out the Talbiyah (and made the intention of Ihram) from near the door of the mosque at Dhul-Hulaifah.

Against the statement of those who claimed that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, did not enter into ihram until he reached Al-Bayda’, and this is of the same kind that I have indicated in other places in our books, that the good which is obligatory to accept is the good of the one who is given the choice by hearing something and seeing it, not the one who denies something and rejects it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the riding animal of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) became upright with him at Dhul-Hulaifah, he recited the Talbiyah.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his blessed foot in the stirrup and his she-camel stood upright carrying him, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited the Talbiyah.