I am the person who submitted question no. 104178. My question has to do with expiation to be offered for committing acts that are prohibited whilst in ihram. Should the feeding of six poor people be done in Makkah or in the city in which I reside? Because the transgressions that I committed were in Makkah and also in my city.

Praise
be to Allah

With regard to
the fidyah (penalty) that is enjoined because of committing any of the
actions that are prohibited whilst in ihram, the individual has the choice
between offering it in the Haram or in the place where he committed that
transgression, except in the case of hunting, the fidyah for which must be
offered in the Haram.

It says in
ar-Rawd al-Murbi‘: The fidyah for shaving the head [in the case of a
scalp ailment], wearing tailored clothing, and so on, such as wearing
perfume and covering the head, or any of the  prohibited acts that are
committed outside the Haram, and the sacrifice required in the case of not
being able to continue with one’s pilgrimage, whether the reason for that
occurred outside of the Haram zone or within it, is to be offered wherever
the transgression occurred, because the Prophet (blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him) slaughtered his sacrifice in the place where he was,
namely al-Hudaybiyyah, which is outside the Haram zone. It also permissible
to offer it within the Haram zone.

It is acceptable
to fast and to shave one’s head in any place, because this action is not
connected to anyone else [unlike offering a sacrifice, the meat of which is
given to others], so there is no point in specifying a place where it is to
be done. End quote.

Shaykh Ibn
‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said in Sharh al-Kaafi:
Whatever is required (as expiation) for committing a transgression (in
ihram), such as shaving the head, wearing tailored clothing, and so on –
apart from hunting – then according to our madhhab, the individual has the
choice between slaughtering it in the place where he committed the
transgression, because that is the place where the cause of it occurred, or
in Makkah, because the basic principle regarding sacrificial animals is that
they should reach the Ka‘bah. This is our opinion and it is the correct
view, namely that the individual has the choice regarding what he is
required to do because of having committed a transgression, except the
penalty for hunting; he has the choice between slaughtering it in the place
where it happened because that is where the reason for it occurred, or
taking the animal to Makkah and slaughtering it there, because the basic
principle regarding sacrificial animals is that they should reach the Ka‘bah.
End quote.

And Allah knows
best.