On the Expiations of Hajj

The expiations of Hajj are three types:

1 Hady: the slaughter of a sheep or goat

2 Fidya: fasting three days or the feeding of six poor Muslims two mudds

3 Hifna: the feeding of one poor Mulim one handful of food

Hady (slaughter) is required for:

1 Tamattu’

2 Qiran

3 Omitting one of the eight* obligations (fara’id) of Hajj

4 Sexual intercourse

5 Emission of sexual fluid even if merely by looking or fantasizing

6 Emission of pre-seminal fluid

7 Kissing on the mouth 

Fidya (fasting or feeding) is required for:

1 Shaving before stoning

2 Covering the face

3 Covering the head for male

4 Wearing a khuff while sandals are available

5 Squeezing a pimple or injury

6 Placing a large bandaid on a pimple or wound

7 Oiling or lotioning oneself without a need even if scentless

8 Removing a nail due to a harm

9 Removing more than one nail or hair for any reason

9 Removing or killing ten or more insects

10 Using henna or kuhl without a reason

Hifna (one handful of food) is required for:

1 Clipping a nail for no reason

2 Removing hairs that are less than ten in number without reason

3 Killing an insect but less than ten

Things that do not require fidya:

Carrying arms 

Touching perfume the scent of which has faded away

Removing and pushing away harmless insects

Killing harmful pests and animals

*The eight obligations of Hajj are:

1 Tawaf al-Qudum, the tawaf upon arriving in Makka which is often inthe form of ‘umra

2 Muzdalifa: praying Maghrib & ‘Isha there after ‘Arafa

3 Stoning Jamrat al-‘Aqaba on the 10th of Dhul Hijja

4 Shaving or trimming near to the scalp

5 Stoning ‘Aqaba before shaving or trimming hair

6 Stoning ‘Aqaba before Tawaf al-Ifada, which is the main tawaf of Hajj

7 Spending the night in Mina after Tawaf al-Ifada

8 Stoning at the three stations on the three days they spend in Mina 11-13 Dhul Hijja

Source: Habib bin Tahir. Al-Fiqh al-Maliki wa Adillatuhu.

Written by: Shadee Elmasry