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What is the benefit of the phrase "If a detainer detains me, then my place is where you detained me" for the pilgrim performing Hajj or Umrah in the event of impediments preventing him from completing the rituals, and when and how does he complete what he missed?

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The meaning of the phrase "O Allah, my place of release is where You have restrained me" is found in the agreed-upon of Aisha. Its meaning is that whoever intends to perform Hajj or and fears an impediment, may stipulate this supplication at the time of assuming . If an impediment then arises, he is released from his ihram and owes nothing.

As for one who did not stipulate this condition upon assuming ihram, and then becomes confined, he is not permitted to be released unless he slaughters a sacrificial animal (a sheep) in the . If he is unable to do so, he slaughters it where he was confined. And whoever is released from the ihram of Hajj or Umrah is not obligated to make them up, unless it was the obligatory Hajj of Islam.

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