The Fidyah: Its Types, Specifications, and the Time of Its Slaughter

Question:
What is the Shaykh’s question? What is the structure? What does it entail? Where is it paid? And when?

Answer:
This requires a written explanation. The fidyah is the fidyah for tamattu’ (combining 'Umrah and Hajj with a break between them), a fidyah that applies to tamattu’ and qiran (combining 'Umrah and Hajj in one ihram), and it can be voluntary or a compensation, depending on the causes that necessitate the fidyah.
As for its specifications, they are exactly the same as those of the udhiyah (the 'Id sacrifice). What is sufficient in the udhiyah is sufficient in the hady (the sacrificial animal of the pilgrimage), and what is not sufficient in the udhiyah is not sufficient in the hady. As for its time, for tamattu’ and qiran, it is the day of the festival and the three days following it; the day of the festival and the four days following it; the day of the festival and the days of Tashriq. All of this is the time for slaughtering the hady.
As for the fidyah of compensation, it is where its cause is found. If one commits a prohibited act, he slaughters it at that time, even if it is before Hajj. He slaughters it at the time of the prohibited act, and his commitment to the forbidden act. If it is delayed beyond the days of Tashriq, it is also permissible, because it has no specific time. The hadith of compensation has no specific time. The voluntary hady is like the hady of tamattu’ and qiran, in the four days: the day of the festival and the three days after.