cannot find one must fast two consecutive months before the two may touch one another. And whoever is unable must feed sixty poor persons.” [al-Mujadilah: 4] Thus, He mentioned three alternatives. Yet they did not analogize the expiation for accidental killing to the expiation for zihār, such that feeding would be obligatory for one unable to fast, even though the two occur in two distinct and widely separated verses. They said: If feeding were obligatory for one unable to fast, Allah would have mentioned it, just as He mentioned it in the verse concerning zihār.
So we say here: If fasting were obligatory for one prevented from completing the pilgrimage who cannot find a sacrificial offering, Allah would have mentioned it. This is how that view contradicts the text.
As for its contradicting analogy, we say: There is a great difference between them. The person performing tamattuʿ enjoys the concession of leaving the state of consecration after Umrah, but he nevertheless attains his purpose through Hajj; whereas the one prevented from completing the pilgrimage does not attain his purpose. So how can one who has attained his purpose completely be compared to one who has not attained his purpose? The person performing tamattuʿ must offer a sacrificial animal; if he cannot find one, he must fast three days during Hajj and seven upon returning home, as a completion of the blessing. The one prevented from completing the pilgrimage, by contrast, is excused.
Thus, the difference between them becomes clear, and it is not valid to analogize one to the other.
Accordingly, we say: The one prevented from completing the pilgrimage must offer a sacrificial animal if he is able; otherwise, nothing is due from him.
His statement: “Intercourse in the genital passage during Hajj requires a camel, and during Umrah, a sheep,” means if it occurs before the first release from consecration in Hajj.
His statement, “by intercourse”: the preposition indicates causation. Intercourse means sexual intercourse in the genital passage, not between the thighs. Thus, during Hajj, a camel is required if it occurs before the first release