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Sahih al-Bukhari, 84
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Narrated Ibn `Abbas:

Somebody said to the Prophet (during his last Hajj), "I did the slaughtering before doing the Rami.' The Prophet (ﷺ) beckoned with his hand and said, "There is no harm in that." Then another person said. "I got my head shaved before offering the sacrifice." The Prophet (ﷺ) beckoned with his hand saying, "There is no harm in that."

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم سُئِلَ فِي حَجَّتِهِ فَقَالَ ذَبَحْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَرْمِيَ، فَأَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ قَالَ وَلاَ حَرَجَ‏.‏ قَالَ حَلَقْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَذْبَحَ‏.‏ فَأَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ وَلاَ حَرَجَ‏.‏

References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 3, Hadith 26
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Vol. 1, Book 3, Hadith 84 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) performed the Farewell Pilgrimage at the end of his life, in 10 AH. During this Hajj, he explained to the people their rituals and the rulings of Hajj, and what was permissible and what was forbidden of both words and deeds during the pilgrimage. In this hadith, ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that during his Farewell Pilgrimage, when he was near the Jamrah after the sun had passed its zenith on the Day of Sacrifice, as narrated by al-Bukhari, the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) was asked questions. On this great occasion, amidst this great crowd, the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) halted so that the pilgrims could ask him questions about what they needed to know of the rulings of Hajj. That included a man who made a mistake and forgot, so he did not do the rituals in the proper order, as he slaughtered his sacrifice before stoning Jamrat al-‘Aqabah. The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) responded with a gesture to indicate that he approved of what he had done, or he made a gesture and said to him, “There is no problem,” so there is no sin on you and you do not have to offer a compensatory sacrifice. Someone else asked him about his having shaved his head before slaughtering the sacrifice, and the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) responded with a gesture to indicate that he approved of what he had done, or he made a gesture and said to him, “There is no problem,” so you have nothing to worry about and you do not have to offer a compensatory sacrifice for doing one action before another, or delaying it. This was by way of making things easy for people, because the time of Hajj is a time of hardship, in which people encounter many difficulties and there are many necessary things that are required of the pilgrim, which may force people to do many things without following the proper order. So the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) did not insist that people do things in a particular order, for what matters is doing the actions of Hajj, even though it is preferable to follow his example and Sunnah in the manner he told people to do them, as was narrated from him..
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