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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Fasting the three days for the one performing Tamattu' before Hajj

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: A man performed Hajj this year as a Tamattu' pilgrim, but he did not have the money to buy the sacrificial animal, so he wanted to fast.
three days during Hajj and of seven whenثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي الْحَجِّ وَسَبْعَةٍ إِذَا
[Al-Baqarah 2:196]
He returned, and some members of the group told him that as long as he had fasted for three days in the first part of Dhul-Hijjah while he was in Riyadh, there is no harm in that and it suffices for him.

Answer:
Fasting does not suffice except after.
Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب هيئات السجود وكيف الهوي إليه — islamhouse.com (1:15:09)

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