By: Imran Ayoob Lahori
Sayyidah ‘A’ishah (رضي الله عنها) reported:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would send the sacrificial animal (hady) from Madinah (towards the Haram) and I would put garlands on them.
ثم لا يجتنب شيئا مما يجتنبه المحرم
“Then he ﷺ would not avoid anything that a person in ihram avoids.”
References: [Bukhari: 1698, Kitab al-Hajj: Bab Qatl al-Qala’id lil-Budn wal-Baqar; Muslim: 359; Abu Dawood: 1758; Nasai: 5/171; Ibn Majah: 3094; Tahawi: 2/266; Ibn Hibban: 4009]
These ahadith refute the opinion of Ahl al-Ra’y who claimed that if a person sends a sacrificial animal (hady) and places a garland (qala’id) on it, ihram automatically becomes obligatory upon him.
The correct view is as mentioned in the hadith — a person does not become a muhrim (one in ihram) merely by sending hady. Ihram is not binding until the person actually enters into it with the intention and the rites.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh ‘Umar Farooq Saeedi, Hadith/Page No: 1759
Hadith of ‘A’ishah (رضي الله عنها)
Sayyidah ‘A’ishah (رضي الله عنها) reported:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would send the sacrificial animal (hady) from Madinah (towards the Haram) and I would put garlands on them.
ثم لا يجتنب شيئا مما يجتنبه المحرم
“Then he ﷺ would not avoid anything that a person in ihram avoids.”
References: [Bukhari: 1698, Kitab al-Hajj: Bab Qatl al-Qala’id lil-Budn wal-Baqar; Muslim: 359; Abu Dawood: 1758; Nasai: 5/171; Ibn Majah: 3094; Tahawi: 2/266; Ibn Hibban: 4009]
Explanation
These ahadith refute the opinion of Ahl al-Ra’y who claimed that if a person sends a sacrificial animal (hady) and places a garland (qala’id) on it, ihram automatically becomes obligatory upon him.
The correct view is as mentioned in the hadith — a person does not become a muhrim (one in ihram) merely by sending hady. Ihram is not binding until the person actually enters into it with the intention and the rites.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh ‘Umar Farooq Saeedi, Hadith/Page No: 1759
