A person intended to offer `Umrah and had sexual intercourse with his wife before Tahalul

Q: I traveled from Ha'il to Jeddah and intended to perform `Umrah (lesser pilgrimage). I entered Ihram (ritual state for Hajj or `Umrah). I had arranged to meet my wife at Jeddah Airport as she was coming from Cairo, and I accompanied her from Jeddah to Makkah. We entered our room before performing the `Umrah and had sexual intercourse. We did not end up performing the `Umrah, and I did not know that I must make a Kaffarah (expiation). After three years, I asked the Imam (the one who leads congregational Prayer) of a Masjid (mosque) about this and he told me that I owe Dam (sacrificial animal offered as an atonement). Please tell me what I have to do. May Allah reward you with the best.

A: If the reality is as you mentioned, the `Umrah in which you had intercourse before Tahallul (removal of the ritual state for Hajj and `Umrah) has become void, and each of you must enter Ihram from the Miqat (site for entering the ritual state for Hajj and `Umrah) from which you had made Ihram for this void `Umrah, and perform another `Umrah in compensation for the void one. Then each of you must slaughter a sheep meeting the same conditions for Ud-hiyah (sacrificial animal offered by non-pilgrims) (Part No. 10; Page No. 363) in Makkah and distribute it amongst the poor people who live in the Haram (all areas within the Sacred Sanctuary of Makkah).May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.