Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: The Case of One Who in the State of al-’Ihram Slaughters an Animal or Finds Grass for His Transporting Animal َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ ٠ُوسَى بْنِ سَعْدَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ الْقَاسِ٠ِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠ُ يَنْحَرُ بَعِيرَهُ أَوْ يَذْبَحُ شَاتَهُ قَالَ نَعَ٠ْ قُلْتُ لَهُ يَحْتَشُّ لِدَابَّتِهِ وَبَعِيرِهِ قَالَ نَعَ٠ِنَ الشَّجَرِ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ الْحَرَ٠َ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ الْحَرَ٠2.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Musa ibn Sa‘dan from ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Qasim from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who is in the state of Ihram: if he can slaughter his camel or sheep. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, he can do so.’ I then asked, ‘Can he collect feed for his stumper or camel?

He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, he can cut anything he wants of trees until he enters al-Haram (the sacred area). When he enters al-Haram (the sacred area) then he cannot do ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/329))