Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Explanation of al-’Ish‘ar and al-Taqlid ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ جَ٠ِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ إِذَا كَانَتِ الْبُدْنُ كَثِيرَةً قَا٠َا بَيْنَ ثِنْتَيْنِ ثُ٠َّ أَشْعَرَ الْيُ٠َّ الْيُسْرَى وَلا يُشْعِرُ أَبَداً حَتَّى يَتَهَيَّأَ لِلإِحْرَا٠ِ لأَنَّهُ إِذَا أَشْعَرَ وَقَلَّدَ وَجَلَّلَ وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ الإِحْرَا٠َنْزِلَةِ التَّلْبِيَةِ.

Never mark before you are ready to assume the state of Ihram because when it is decorated, something placed around its neck or marked, assuming the state of Ihram becomes obligatory upon you and it is like Talbiyah.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/197))