قَالَ مَالِك فِي فِدْيَةِ الْأَذَى : إِنَّ الْأَمْرَ فِيهِ أَنَّ أَحَدًا لَا يَفْتَدِي حَتَّى يَفْعَلَ مَا يُوجِبُ عَلَيْهِ الْفِدْيَةَ، وَإِنَّ الْكَفَّارَةَ إِنَّمَا تَكُونُ بَعْدَ وُجُوبِهَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا، وَأَنَّهُ يَضَعُ فِدْيَتَهُ حَيْثُ مَا شَاءَ، النُّسُكَ، أَوِ الصِّيَامَ، أَوِ الصَّدَقَةَ بِمَكَّةَ، أَوْ بِغَيْرِهَا مِنَ الْبِلَادِ .
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: No person should give the compensation for «أذي» unless he commits a fault, because committing a fault makes expiation obligatory, and he has the choice to give the compensation by sacrifice, or by fasting, or by charity, whether in Mecca or in any other city.