The purified wife of the Messenger of Allah, Lady Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her), asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Messenger of Allah, what is the matter that other people have become halal after performing Umrah, but you have not become halal?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "I have applied talbeed (a sticky substance used to set the hair) to my head and have brought the sacrificial animal with me, so I cannot come out of ihram before offering the sacrifice."