Hadith 27704

Yahya related to me from Malik, from Yahya ibn Said, fromMuhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Harith at-Taymi, that Rabia ibn Abdullahibn al-Hudayr once saw a man in a state of ihram in Iraq. So he askedpeople about him and they said, "He has given directions for hissacrificial animal to be garlanded, and it is for that reason that hehas put on ihram ."Rabia said, "I then met Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr and so I mentioned this to him and he said, 'By the Lord of theKaba, an innovation.' "Malik was asked about some one whoset out with his own sacrificial animal and marked it and garlanded itat Dhu'l-Hulayfa, but did not go into ihram until he had reached al-Juhfa,and hesaid, "I do not like that, and whoever does so has notacted properly. He should only garland his sacrificial animal, or markit, when he goes into ihram, unless it is someone who does not intendto do hajj, in which case he sends it off and stays with his family."Malik was asked if somone who was not in ihram could set outwith a sacrificial animal, and he said, "Yes. There is no harm inthat."He was also asked to comment on the different viewspeople had about what became haram for some one who garlanded asacrificial animal but did not intend to do either hajj or umra, andhe said, "What we go by as far as this is concerned is what A'isha,umm al-muminin said, 'The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, sent his sacrificial animal off and did not go therehimself, and there was nothing that Allah had made halal for him thatwas haram for him until the animal had been sacrificed.' "