سنن نسائی · Hadith 2744

It was narrated that Abu Musa said: “I came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم when he was in Al-Batha’, and he said: ‘For what have you entered hiram?’ I said: ‘I have entered Ihram for that for which the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلمhad entered I He said: ‘Have you brought a HadI (sacrificial animal)?’ I said: ‘No.’ He said: ‘Then circumambulate the House and (perform Sa’I) between A Safa and Al-Marwah, then exit Ihram.’ So I circumambulated the House and (performed Sa’I) between As-Safa and Al-Marwah, then went to a woman of my people and she combed and washed my hair. I used to issue Fatwas to the people based on that, during the Khilafah of Abu Bakr and ‘Umar. Then one day during Hajj season a man came to me and said: ‘You do not know what the Commander of the Believers has introduced concerning the rites. I said: people, whoever heard our Fatwa, let him not rush to follow it, for the Commander of the Believers is coming to you, and you should follow him. When he came, I said: Commander of the Believers! What is this that you have introduced concerning the rites? He said: If we follow the Book of Allah, then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, says: ‘And complete the Hajj and ‘Umrah for Allah.’ And if we follow the Sunnah of our Prophet , then our Prophet did not exit Ihram until he had slaughtered the HadI (sacrificial animal).” (Sahih)

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020