Is it permissible to pay the fidyah for Umrah – for abandoning the state of ihram from the miqat for one who intends to go to Madinah first and then enter ihram from Abyar Ali – to a charitable society in Makkah that slaughters on behalf of the donor, and is it valid to fast or feed in lieu of slaughtering?
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No blood sacrifice (dam) is incurred by revoking the intention of before reaching the , so your ihram from Dhu al-Hulayfah is valid and preferable. The hady (sacrificial animal) is obligatory for whoever is required to slaughter it and distribute it to the poor of the , and if that is not possible, then it should be given to a trusted charity. Nothing is incumbent upon you due to your aforementioned action.
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