The Ruling on Delegating the Stoning of the Pillars in Hajj

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A woman performed the obligatory Hajj, but she did not stone the three pillars; rather, she ate from the one who stoned them on her behalf, and she was in perfect health. The question is: Does she owe a breast of camel, or does she have to fast for ten days, or what must she do?

Answer:
If she appointed someone to do it for a reason, which is hardship, because a woman is weak and the pillars are far away, and it may be during a time of heat and crowds, and the cars are moving, and the road to the pillars before reaching them is long, if she lives in a distant place.
Or if she has small children and she fears for them if she leaves them, and she appoints someone, there is no harm if the appointment is due to an excuse. However, if the appointment is not due to an excuse, and she is able to stone and there is no hardship on her, then it is obligatory for her to slaughter a sheep in Makkah to be distributed to the poor of the Haram. If she does not find one, then she must fast for ten days.