The ruling on one who performs 'Umrah and does not perform the farewell tawaf?

Question : This questioner says: Several years ago, my wife and I performed the rites of 'Umrah, but my wife was unable to perform the farewell tawaf due to her illness. My wife is currently in Makkah, so what is obligatory regarding this tawaf?

Answer : The farewell tawaf in 'Umrah is not obligatory for a person if he performs the tawaf, the sa'y, and shortens his hair or shaves it, and then leaves immediately, because the first tawaf suffices for him. However, if he stays in Makkah, the scholars differed on the obligation of the tawaf, and the stronger position is that it is obligatory and that it is not permissible for the one performing 'Umrah to leave except with a farewell tawaf, just as with the one performing Hajj.
The principle among the scholars is that if one leaves an obligatory act of the obligations of Hajj or the obligations of 'Umrah, then he must slaughter a fidyah (ransom payment) in Makkah to be distributed to the poor, if he is wealthy. As for if he is not wealthy, then he owes nothing, because there is no evidence that one who is unable to pay the fidyah for leaving an obligatory act must fast for ten days. And if there is no evidence for that, then we do not burden Allah's servants with what Allah has not burdened them with. So we say: if one leaves an obligatory act of the obligations of Hajj or 'Umrah, then a fidyah is required, to be slaughtered in Makkah and distributed to the poor, and if one does not find the means, then he owes nothing. Yes.