Intercourse after the first exit from the state of ihram in Hajj

Question:
Among the questions that reached us, this questioner says: Shaykh Salih, a person had intercourse with his wife after the first exit from the state of ihram, and then he learned that his ihram had become invalid. From where should he enter the state of ihram? And what should he say after entering the state of ihram, or when he enters it?

Answer:
What happens after the first exit from the state of ihram does not invalidate the ihram. If a person has intercourse after the first exit from the state of ihram, having performed two of the three rites—for example, he stoned the pillars and shaved his head, or he stoned the pillars and performed the circumambulation of the Ka'bah and the walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah—then he has exited the state of ihram for the first time, and what was forbidden to him by the ihram becomes permissible to him, except for women. If he has intercourse, he owes a ransom payment, and his ihram is valid. He owes a ransom payment: he slaughters a sheep in Makkah and distributes it among the poor of the sacred precinct. Yes.