When may a pilgrim be released from the state of Ihram?

The acts for a mufrid (one performing Hajj only) on the Day of Sacrifice are three: stoning Jamrat al-Aqaba, shaving or shortening the hair, and performing Tawaf (definition) al-Ifadah and Sa'i if he did not perform Sa'i after Tawaf al-Qudum. The mutamatti' (one performing Umrah (definition) then Hajj) and the qarin (one combining Umrah and Hajj) add the sacrifice of the hady (sacrificial animal), and the mutamatti' adds an additional Sa'i after Tawaf al-Ifadah.

The preferred order for these acts is: stoning, then sacrificing, then shaving or shortening the hair, then Tawaf and Sa'i. There is no harm in performing some of them before others, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "(There is) no harm, no harm."

Whoever performs two of these acts, excluding the sacrifice, attains the first stage of tahallul (partial liberation from ihram (definition) restrictions), whereby everything that was forbidden to him due to ihram becomes permissible, except for women. If he performs all three, everything that was forbidden to him becomes permissible, even women.