Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: Those people who are residents of Makkah or who are staying in Makkah but are not its inhabitants, should enter into Ihram from the Haram.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: Whoever enters into the state of ihram for Hajj from Makkah should not perform tawaf and sa’i until he returns from Mina, and this is what Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, used to do.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked: If the people who are residents of the city and the country put on the ihram for Hajj from Makkah after sighting the moon of Dhul-Hijjah, then how should they perform the obligatory tawaf? He said: They should delay the obligatory tawaf (tawaf al-ziyarah), and that is the tawaf after which the sa’i is performed between Safa and Marwah, and they may perform as many voluntary tawafs as they wish. But after every tawaf, they should pray two rak’ahs, and this is what the companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, did. They put on the ihram for Hajj from Makkah, so they delayed the tawaf and sa’i until they returned from Mina, and this is what our master Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, did. He would also put on the ihram for Hajj from Makkah after sighting the moon of Dhul-Hijjah, and would delay the tawaf and sa’i until returning from Mina.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: It is not correct for a resident of Makkah to enter into the state of ihram for ‘umrah from within the Haram; rather, it is necessary to enter into ihram from the Hill.

It is narrated from Hazrat Amrah bint Abdur Rahman that Ziyad bin Abi Sufyan wrote to Ummul Momineen Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her): Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) says: Whoever sends a sacrificial animal (hadi), those things become forbidden for him which are forbidden for a person in the state of ihram, until the sacrificial animal is slaughtered. So I have sent a sacrificial animal to you, write to me your verdict or send it through the person who brings the sacrificial animal. Amrah said: Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: What Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) says is not so. I myself tied the necklaces of the sacrificial animals of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with my own hands, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) hung them with his own hands and sent them with my father, so nothing became forbidden for him from those things which Allah had made lawful for him, until the sacrificial animal was slaughtered.

It is narrated from Yahya bin Saeed, he asked Umrah bint Abdur Rahman that if a person sends a sacrificial animal (hadi) but does not go himself, is anything obligatory upon him? She replied: I heard from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she used to say: No one becomes a pilgrim (muhrim) except the one who puts on the ihram and recites the talbiyah.

Rabee’ah bin Abdullah saw a man in Iraq who had removed his clothes (and that man was Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both), so he asked the people about the reason. The people said: He has ordered the marking of his sacrificial animal, so for that reason he has removed his stitched clothes. Rabee’ah said: I met Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair, may Allah be pleased with him, and narrated this incident to him. He said: By the Lord of the Ka’bah! This act is an innovation.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked about a person who set out with a sacrificial animal, performed the marking and garlanding at Dhu’l-Hulayfah, but did not enter into ihram until he reached Juhfah. Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, replied: In my view, this is not good, and whoever does so has made a mistake. Rather, he should perform the marking and garlanding together with ihram. However, a person who does not intend to go with the sacrificial animal may send it without ihram and remain seated at his home.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked whether one can set out with the sacrificial animal (hady) without entering into ihram. He replied: Yes, there is no objection (but when he reaches the miqat, he should enter into ihram from there; he should not proceed further without ihram).

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, was asked that people have differed in this matter: if a person imitates (performs) the sacrifice of his Hadi (sacrificial animal) but does not intend Hajj or Umrah, will he become a Muhrim (enter the state of Ihram) or not? Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, replied that in this issue we take the statement of Umm al-Mu'mineen Sayyida Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent his Hadi (sacrificial animal) and he stayed (did not go for Hajj or Umrah), so nothing from the lawful things became unlawful for him, until the Hadi was slaughtered.