Ruling on a pilgrim who slaughters the sacrificial animal before the Day of Sacrifice

His second question — Sharif Sa'dun al-Sharif from Iraq — says: Some of our companions asked us to slaughter our sacrificial animals immediately upon arriving in Makkah, so we slaughtered them on the twenty-fifth of Dhul-Qa'dah. Now the days of Tashreeq have passed, and we have seen all the people slaughtering on the day of the festival and the days after it. Is our action valid? And what is obligatory for us, may Allah reward you? Knowing that we are now intending to leave Saudi Arabia. May Allah reward you for us.
Answer: It is obligatory for one who has a sacrificial animal because he performed Hajj as a Qiran or Tamattu' pilgrim (combining 'Umrah with Hajj) that he slaughters it on the days of slaughter. These are the days on which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) slaughtered: the day of the festival and the three days of Tashreeq, making four days. These are the days of slaughter. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived with sacrificial camels and did not slaughter them until the day of the festival came, and so did his Companions. Therefore, the one who slaughtered before the festival must repeat it. If he slaughtered his sacrificial animal before the festival, before the day of the festival, he must repeat that. He should buy a sacrificial animal in Makkah and slaughter it in Makkah after Hajj, whenever it becomes feasible for him. He slaughters it in Makkah in the Haram and distributes it among the poor of Makkah, among the poor in the Haram, in place of that sacrificial animal he slaughtered before its time. If he is unable and does not have the capacity, he should fast ten days in place of that sacrificial animal. This is what is prescribed, and we ask Allah for success for everyone. Yes.
The presenter: Thank you, Your Eminence Shaykh Abdul Aziz.