If the one prevented from completing Hajj does not find a fidyah, how does he exit the state of ihram?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned regarding the one prevented from completing Hajj that if he does not find a fidyah, he fasts for ten days and then exits the state of ihram. What is meant by this? Does he not exit his ihram until he has fasted the ten days?

Answer:
Yes, just as he does not exit until he slaughters the fidyah—he does not exit until he slaughters the fidyah—so too is the alternative, which is fasting. But I told you that there is a point of consideration regarding fasting in this issue, because it is not mentioned in the Qur'an. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said: and He did not say, "And whoever does not find [a sacrificial animal], then fasting," as He did in the case of tamattu' and qiran. The correct view is that he does not have to fast; the fidyah is sufficient if he finds it, and if he does not find it, he owes nothing. Yes.