Sahih Muslim Book - 15, Hadith - 2959

وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ - يَعْنِى ابْنَ مَهْدِىٍّ - حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ قَيْسٍ عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِى مُوسَى - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَهُوَ مُنِيخٌ بِالْبَطْحَاءِ فَقَالَ « بِمَ أَهْلَلْتَ ». قَالَ قُلْتُ أَهْلَلْتُ بِإِهْلاَلِ النَّبِىِّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَالَ « هَلْ سُقْتَ مِنْ هَدْىٍ ». قُلْتُ لاَ. قَالَ « فَطُفْ بِالْبَيْتِ وَبِالصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ ثُمَّ حِلَّ ». فَطُفْتُ بِالْبَيْتِ وَبِالصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ امْرَأَةً مِنْ قَوْمِى فَمَشَطَتْنِى وَغَسَلَتْ رَأْسِى فَكُنْتُ أُفْتِى النَّاسَ بِذَلِكَ فِى إِمَارَةِ أَبِى بَكْرٍ وَإِمَارَةِ عُمَرَ فَإِنِّى لَقَائِمٌ بِالْمَوْسِمِ إِذْ جَاءَنِى رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّكَ لاَ تَدْرِى مَا أَحْدَثَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِى شَأْنِ النُّسُكِ. فَقُلْتُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَنْ كُنَّا أَفْتَيْنَاهُ بِشَىْءٍ فَلْيَتَّئِدْ فَهَذَا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَادِمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ فَبِهِ فَائْتَمُّوا فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ قُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا هَذَا الَّذِى أَحْدَثْتَ فِى شَأْنِ النُّسُكِ قَالَ إِنْ نَأْخُذْ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَالَ ( وَأَتِمُّوا الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ لِلَّهِ) وَإِنْ نَأْخُذْ بِسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّنَا عَلَيْهِ الصَّلاَةُ وَالسَّلاَمُ فَإِنَّ النَّبِىَّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- لَمْ يَحِلَّ حَتَّى نَحَرَ الْهَدْىَ.

It was narrated that Abu Musa said: “I came to Messenger of Allah (SAW) while he was halting in Al-Batha, and he said to me: ‘Did you intend to perform Hajj?’ I said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘For what have you entered Ihram?’ I said: ‘I have entered Ihram for the same as the Prophet (SAW) has entered Ihram.’ He said: ‘Have you bought a sacrificial animal?’ I said: ‘No.’ He said: ‘Circumambulate the house and go between As-Safa and Al-Marwah, then exit Ihram.’ So I Circumambulated the House and went between As-Safa and Al-Marwah, then I went to a woman among my people who combed my hair and washed my head. I used to give the people Fatwas to that effect during the leadership of Abu Bakr and the leadership of Umar. It was during Hajj season that a man came to me and said: ‘you do not know what the Commander of the Believer has introduced concerning the rituals.’ I said: ‘O people, whoever heard a Fatwa from us (about exiting Ihram) let him wait, for the Commander of the Believers is coming to you, so follow him.’ When he came I said: ‘O Commander of the Believers, what is this that you have introduces concerning the rituals?’ He said: ‘ We follow the Book of Allah and Allah says, “And perform properly the Hajj and Umrah …” and we follow the Sunnah of our Prophet (SAW), and the Prophet (SAW) did not exit Ihram until he had offered the sacrifice.’