The Times for Fasting the Three Days and the Seven Days of Hajj

The questioner:
something, and I see something else better than it, except

The Shaykh:
Yes, except that I expiate for my oath and do what is better. His saying, "I expiate for my oath and do this," is evidence for the permissibility of performing the expiation before breaking the oath.

The questioner:
As for the seven days, they are a time of choice, recommendation, and permissibility. As for the time of choice, it is when he returns to his family, because that is based on consensus.

The Shaykh:
The time of preference is for him to fast them in his country. For him to fast them in his country is better, because it is a matter of consensus among the scholars that if he fasts them in his country, he has fasted them at their proper time. As for if he fasts them before that, there is disagreement among the scholars. Some scholars hold that he should fast them from the moment he finishes the rites of Hajj, even if he is in Makkah. And some scholars hold that it is permissible for him to fast them on the way, on his journey to his country. Yes, this is the time of permissibility. As for the time of preference and what is better, it is for him to fast them in his country. His saying, the Exalted:

The questioner:
As for the time of the choice, it is when he returns to his home; because this is based on scholarly consensus and is closer to the wording of the choice. Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: to his home. It is agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim. As for the time of permissibility, the apparent statement of Ahmad is that it is when he returns from Makkah. And the meaning of the verse is: when you return from Hajj.

The Shaykh:
Meaning, you have finished the rites of Hajj. Yes.

The questioner:
Because it was mentioned after Hajj, so it is related to it. It is possible to say that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, permitted him to delay the fasting until he returns to his family as a dispensation, so that does not prevent the validity of doing it before that, just as He permitted delaying the fasting of Ramadan for travel and illness by His saying: . Then if he fasts during illness and travel, it is permissible, so likewise here. This is the answer to the hadith. The choice for fasting the three days, as we mentioned, is to be after entering the state of ihram for Hajj. The recommended practice is to enter the state of ihram for Hajj on the Day of Tarwiyah, so he cannot combine the two recommended practices. What does he do? Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about that, and he said: If he wishes, he can advance his entering the state of ihram for Hajj. And he said in another place something indicating that if there is no choice but to leave one of the two recommended practices, then leaving either one is permissible. If he wishes, he can leave entering the state of ihram on the Day of Tarwiyah and advance it, or if he wishes, he can fast before entering the state of ihram.

The Shaykh:
The matter in this is broad. He fasts the three days before 'Arafah or until the Day of 'Arafah, with the last one being the Day of 'Arafah, at whatever time he wishes, whether he is in the state of ihram or not, Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He