Hadith 8447

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasimthat his father used to go into Makka by night when he was doing umraand do tawaf of the House and say between Safa and Marwa and delay theshaving until the morning, but he would not go back to the House anddo tawaf again until he had shaved his head.Abd ar-Rahmanadded, "Sometimes he would enter the mosque and do the witr prayerthere without actually going near the House."Malik said,"At-tafath is shaving the head, putting on normal clothes and thingsof that nature."Yahya said that Malik was asked whether aman who forgot to shave (his head) at Mina during the hajj could shavein Makka, and he said, "That is permissible, but I prefer the shavingto be done at Mina."Malik said, "What we are all agreed uponhere (in Madina) is that no-one should shave his head or cut his hairuntil he has killed his sacrificial animal, if he has one, and thingsthat are haram for him do not become halal for him until he leavesihram at Mina on the day of sacrifice. This is because Allah, theBlessed and Exalted, says, 'Do not shave yourheads until thesacrificial animal has reached its destination. ' "