What is your opinion of the one who says that three things are required for the first exit from the state of consecration: stoning the pillars, slaughtering the sacrificial animal, and shaving the head?
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The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : The school published a magazine and stated that the first exit from the state of consecration does not occur except by doing three things.
The Shaykh : By doing what?
The questioner : Stoning the pillars, slaughtering the sacrificial animal, and shaving the head, and the second exit from the state of consecration: by circumambulation of the Ka'bah.
The Shaykh : And walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah?
The questioner : And walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah, yes.
The Shaykh : No, that is not correct. Slaughtering the sacrificial animal has no connection to the exit from the state of consecration. Slaughtering the sacrificial animal has no connection to the exit from the state of consecration. If you did not slaughter except on the third day, you would have exited from the state of consecration. For this reason, if one stoned the pillars, shaved his head, performed circumambulation of the Ka'bah, and walked between al-Safa and al-Marwah, the entire first exit from the state of consecration is valid, even if he did not slaughter the sacrificial animal.
The questioner : So, is it a weak statement?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is weak. It has no connection. Slaughtering the sacrificial animal has no connection to the exit from the state of consecration, because slaughtering the sacrificial animal is not obligatory upon every pilgrim; it is only obligatory upon the one combining 'Umrah and Hajj with a break between them and the one combining 'Umrah and Hajj in one ihram. For this reason, the exit from the state of consecration is not conditioned upon it.
The Shaykh : By doing what?
The questioner : Stoning the pillars, slaughtering the sacrificial animal, and shaving the head, and the second exit from the state of consecration: by circumambulation of the Ka'bah.
The Shaykh : And walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah?
The questioner : And walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah, yes.
The Shaykh : No, that is not correct. Slaughtering the sacrificial animal has no connection to the exit from the state of consecration. Slaughtering the sacrificial animal has no connection to the exit from the state of consecration. If you did not slaughter except on the third day, you would have exited from the state of consecration. For this reason, if one stoned the pillars, shaved his head, performed circumambulation of the Ka'bah, and walked between al-Safa and al-Marwah, the entire first exit from the state of consecration is valid, even if he did not slaughter the sacrificial animal.
The questioner : So, is it a weak statement?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is weak. It has no connection. Slaughtering the sacrificial animal has no connection to the exit from the state of consecration, because slaughtering the sacrificial animal is not obligatory upon every pilgrim; it is only obligatory upon the one combining 'Umrah and Hajj with a break between them and the one combining 'Umrah and Hajj in one ihram. For this reason, the exit from the state of consecration is not conditioned upon it.