If one commits a prohibited act out of forgetfulness or compulsion, is there anything required of him?
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The questioner : If one commits a prohibited act regarding fasting out of compulsion, then he owes nothing...
The Shaykh : This is because the obligatory acts are part of the components of worship, part of the form of worship. Some of the common people, poor souls, think that a person has the choice between performing the obligatory act and paying the fidyah, or between leaving the obligatory act or performing it and paying the fidyah. They think they have the choice, and this is a mistake. He does not have the choice; rather, the obligatory act is to perform the obligatory act. But if a person misses it without intentional neglect, then he owes the fidyah according to the opinion of the majority. Some of them said: A man in al-Dawadimi met another man on the last day of the festival from a town near Saudi Arabia. May Allah reward him with good, he said to him, "I will make up for you, insha'Allah, based on your intention. You missed the Hajj." He said, "No, father, I performed the Hajj." "Oh, hehe." He said, "No, I performed the Hajj. How did you perform the Hajj?" He said, "Yes, the Hajj is 'Arafah, and I stood at 'Arafah." He said, "Okay, what is left for you?" He said, "Everything is left. I instructed my friend to slaughter a sheep for every obligatory act." He thinks he has the choice. This man stood at 'Arafah, then performed the tawaf al-ifadah and the sa'y... and he walked, man! He said: "We have a month off from our women now, we have a month off from the women." Poor souls.
The Shaykh : This is because the obligatory acts are part of the components of worship, part of the form of worship. Some of the common people, poor souls, think that a person has the choice between performing the obligatory act and paying the fidyah, or between leaving the obligatory act or performing it and paying the fidyah. They think they have the choice, and this is a mistake. He does not have the choice; rather, the obligatory act is to perform the obligatory act. But if a person misses it without intentional neglect, then he owes the fidyah according to the opinion of the majority. Some of them said: A man in al-Dawadimi met another man on the last day of the festival from a town near Saudi Arabia. May Allah reward him with good, he said to him, "I will make up for you, insha'Allah, based on your intention. You missed the Hajj." He said, "No, father, I performed the Hajj." "Oh, hehe." He said, "No, I performed the Hajj. How did you perform the Hajj?" He said, "Yes, the Hajj is 'Arafah, and I stood at 'Arafah." He said, "Okay, what is left for you?" He said, "Everything is left. I instructed my friend to slaughter a sheep for every obligatory act." He thinks he has the choice. This man stood at 'Arafah, then performed the tawaf al-ifadah and the sa'y... and he walked, man! He said: "We have a month off from our women now, we have a month off from the women." Poor souls.