Whoever omits an obligatory act must offer a blood-sacrifice, whereas leaving out a sunnah entails no compensation.

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The compensatory blood offerings required while in iḥrām are five:

1. For abandoning any prescribed rite: the penalty is, in sequence, a sheep; if he cannot obtain one, he must fast ten days—three during the pilgrimage and seven after returning home.

2. For shaving the head or engaging in other grooming: he may choose between sacrificing a sheep, fasting three days, or giving three sāʿs of food to six poor people.

3. For being prevented from reaching the sanctuary (iḥṣār): he exits iḥrām and sacrifices a sheep.

4. For killing game: if the animal has a comparable substitute among livestock, he may either offer that equivalent, or appraise its value, purchase food with the amount and give it in charity, or fast one day for every mudd. If the game has no equivalent, he either gives food equal to its assessed value or fasts one day per mudd.

5. For sexual intercourse: the penalty, in order, is a camel; if unable, a cow; if unable, seven sheep. If he cannot manage that, he appraises a camel, buys food with the amount and gives it in charity; if even this is impossible, he fasts one day for every mudd.

Neither the sacrificial animal nor the charitable feeding is valid unless carried out within the Sacred Precinct, whereas the fast may be observed anywhere. It is forbidden to kill game in the Sanctuary or to cut its trees; the ruling is the same for both the pilgrim in iḥrām and the non-pilgrim.