Hadith 6876

Yahya related to me from Malik that Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn AbiMaryam once asked Said ibn al-Musayyab about (what to do with) a nailof his that had broken while he was in ihram and Said said, "cut itoff."Malik was asked whether some one in ihram who had anear-complaint could use medicinal oil which was not perfumed fordropping into his ears, and he said, "I do not see any harm in that,and even if he were to put it into his mouth I still would not see anyharm in it."Malik said that there was no harm in some one inihram lancing an abscess that he had, or a boil, or cutting a vein, ifhe needed to do so.