Q 5: Before sunset of the twelfth of Dhul-Hijjah, we left Mina in a hurry. The organizer of the Hajj journey had rented a hall for wedding parties in a place called Al-Shara'i, no. 2 which we thought was outside the borders of Al-Haram (all areas within the Sacred Sanctuary of Makkah). The pilgrims spent the night there. After the Fajr (Dawn) Prayer, the pilgrims were transported in buses to Al-Haram (The Sacred Mosque in Makkah) to perform Tawaf-ul-Wada` (circumambulation of the Ka`bah on leaving Makkah) by some and to perform Tawaf-ul-Ifadah (final obligatory circumambulation of the Ka`bah in Hajj) by others. Some knowledgeable persons told them they had to offer (atonement required of a pilgrim for a willful violation of a prohibition or obligation while in the ritual state for Hajj and `Umrah) a Fidyah (ransom) for leaving the borders of Al-Haram before performing Tawaf-ul-Ifadah or Tawaf-ul-Wada`(circumambulation of the Ka`bah on leaving Makkah); is it obligatory upon a pilgrim who left the borders of Al-Haram without performing Tawaf-ul-Ifadah (Part No. 10; Page No. 349) despite knowing it, to offer a sacrificial animal? As it is generally understood from the statement of the Fuqaha' (Muslim jurists) reading, "If a pilgrim returns home without performing Tawaf-ul-Wada`, he has to return to Makkah even if his homeland was Damascus or Basra". The Fuqaha' do not say that such a pilgrim is required to offer a sacrificial animal for not performing Tawaf. Is this correct? Please give us the ruling on this question. May Allah reward you with the best!