enters ihram for Hajj in that same year; a compensatory sacrifice is required if he comes from outside Mecca (1). Should a woman performing tamattuʿ begin menstruating and fear missing Hajj (2), she must enter ihram for it and thereby becomes a qārin.
Immediately after assuming ihram it is sunnah to recite the talbiyah:
“Labbaik Allahumma labbaik,
[labbayk] (3)
lā sharīka laka labbaik, (4)
inna l-ḥamda wa n-niʿmata laka wa-l-mulk,
lā sharīka lak.”
A man proclaims it aloud, whereas a woman recites it quietly (5). The talbiyah is especially stressed when one ascends a rise (6), descends a valley, when caravans meet, at the coming of night or day, upon hearing another pilgrim reciting it, after an obligatory prayer, or upon sighting the House.
Section
[Acts Forbidden in Ihram]
While in ihram it is unlawful to: shave any hair; clip the nails without a valid excuse; cover the head—even by the shade of a litter; wear stitched garments without necessity, in which case a fidyah is due (7); or apply perfume to the body or clothing. If one does so
(1) Al-ufqi denotes someone whose home is at or beyond the distance that permits the shortening of the prayer when measured from the Sacred Precinct (haram).
(2) In manuscripts B and C the reading is: “al-hajj” (pilgrimage).
(3) The words enclosed in brackets are absent from the base manuscript and have been supplied from copy A.
(4) The base manuscript repeats the formula “labbayk” twice.
(5) Copy A reads: “tusir biha” (you pronounce it softly).
(6) Al-nashz means a raised or elevated place.
(7) The phrase “wa-yafdi” (and he offers a compensatory sacrifice) is not found in manuscript B.
Imam Abu al-Faraj Ibn Qudamah—may Allah have mercy on him—said in al-Sharh al-Kabir (vol. 8, p. 246): “It is not permissible for a pilgrim in a state of ihram to cover his body with a garment that has been tailored to conform to its shape, nor to cover any of his limbs with something tailored to fit them—such as a qamis (tunic) for the whole body, a sirwal (trousers) for part of it, quffazayn (gloves) for the hands, khuffayn (leather socks) for the feet, and similar items. On this there is no difference of opinion. Ibn Abd al-Barr stated: Wearing stitched garments is forbidden according to all scholars, and they unanimously agree that the ruling concerns men, not women.”