The ruling on changing the intention from ifrad to tamattu' and vice versa?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: I understood in the previous lesson that the one performing tamattu' may change his intention to qiran, whereas changing his intention to ifrad is not permissible. Is this correct?

Answer:
Yes, it is not permissible to change tamattu' or qiran to ifrad and cancel the ritual in the 'Umrah; this is not permissible. As for the reverse, where the one performing ifrad changes his ifrad to tamattu', this is better, and this is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded for those who did not bring the sacrificial animal. And changing ifrad to qiran or to tamattu' is better, whereas the reverse is not permissible.