Does abandoning an obligatory act in Hajj require a fidyah (ransom payment)?

The questioner : Perhaps some people, for example, hold that abandoning an obligatory act in Hajj does not require a fidyah (ransom payment),

The Shaykh : because they do not see the evidence as sound based on the hadith . They hold that this does not require the shedding of blood, because the command comes from Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), and although it has the ruling of being traced to the Prophet, it may not imply obligation; it might be a recommendation, for example. However, from the perspective of appeasement, if people were told that regarding the abandonment of the obligatory acts of Hajj, "You have nothing upon you but seeking forgiveness, and you have no blood to shed," what would be the result among the people? It is strange, my brothers, to be negligent about obligatory acts. He says, "Since I have no fidyah (ransom payment) for abandoning the overnight stay at Muzdalifah, abandoning the stoning of the pillars, abandoning the overnight stay at Mina, abandoning the farewell tawaf (circumambulation), and abandoning entering ihram (the consecrated state of pilgrimage) at the miqat (the boundary at which ihram is entered), then it is easy. Seeking forgiveness is easy; there is no repentance involved in it." For this reason, we always tell people when they seek a ruling: Repent to Allah and seek His forgiveness. You must repent in matters other than this one. In this specific matter, we issue a ruling based on what the majority of scholars have ruled, which is the obligation of the blood (sacrifice). But in this matter, we say: You must repent so that Allah is pleased, and seek His forgiveness, and do not return to it. He says, "So he has only this upon him; there is no kaffarah (expiation), there is no fidyah (ransom payment)," as if he is saying that the matter of seeking forgiveness and repentance is easy, not knowing that repentance has a barrier of creation (i.e., it is difficult) if Allah does not accept it. What is the benefit of it? We ask Allah to accept repentance from us and from you all.

The questioner : A questioner says: The important thing is, may Allah bless you. Now, the scholar may perhaps contradict what the soul requires from knowledge for what reason?

The Shaykh : For what reason? For the sake of educating people and carrying them to what the victory requires. And the one in authority, the rulers, may make the punishment severe, contrary to what appears to some people as a small sin relative to the punishment, due to other wrongdoings that many people do not know about.