A man entered the state of ihram for 'Umrah eight years ago, and during the tawaf he felt exhausted, so he exited the state of ihram and put on his clothes. What is required of him?

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : May Allah raise your rank, O honorable Shaykh. A man performed 'Umrah eight years ago, and during the tawaf he felt severe fatigue and exhaustion, and he was unable to complete the 'Umrah. He exited the state of ihram, put on his clothes, and left Makkah. Is anything required of him?

The Shaykh : Eight years ago?! Glory be to Allah! Listen, everyone, eight years ago and he did not ask about his religion. If he had lost a lame goat, he would have gone to look for it in... and this religion is not asked about until after eight years! Look at this negligence! This man is obligated, according to the opinion of some scholars, to put on the clothes of ihram now and go to Makkah to complete his 'Umrah. He must perform the tawaf, the sa'y, and shorten his hair, and it is necessary. If he had engaged in sexual intercourse during this period, his 'Umrah is invalid, so he must complete it and then perform a new 'Umrah to make up for the invalid one. If he got married after that, meaning after he cancelled the 'Umrah, his marriage is defective. He must avoid his wife and renew the contract from the beginning after he makes up the 'Umrah. Do you understand? The matter is serious. What I am saying now is the school of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, according to his followers.
There is another opinion that if a person is unable to complete the rites of pilgrimage due to an illness, not just fatigue, because fatigue can be overcome by resting and completing the rites, if it is due to an illness, he may exit the state of ihram, but he must offer a sacrificial animal, as Allah the Exalted said: Then there is a problem here: does he exit the state of ihram before slaughtering the sacrificial animal or not? If we say he does not exit, the first problem I mentioned remains. If we say he does exit, the matter is easier; he only has to slaughter a fidyah (expiation). So ask the man: did this fatigue lead to an illness such that he could not complete the 'Umrah if he had waited and rested, or not? If he can, it means he is still in his 'Umrah, so he should go immediately. But the prohibitions he committed, according to the stronger position, do not harm him because he was ignorant, except for the issue of marriage. If he got married during this period, he must renew the contract. Do you understand now? So the conclusion now, which we see, is that if this fatigue led to an illness that prevents him from completing it, then he only has to offer the sacrificial animal, the hady of being prevented. Otherwise, he is still in the state of ihram now. He must go from his house now in the state of ihram and complete the 'Umrah, and he owes nothing for the prohibitions he committed because he was ignorant. If he contracted a marriage during this period, he must separate from and avoid his wife until he completes the 'Umrah and contracts a new marriage.

The questioner : ...

The Shaykh : It is not obligatory, right?

The questioner : May Allah reward you

The Shaykh : Left, left