Women are capable of stoning the pillars themselves, but their husband compelled them to appoint a proxy
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Fatwa number ( 20901 )
Q: I hope you will kindly answer my following question: I performed the rites of Hajj this year, which is the Hajj of Islam, accompanied by two women who are mahram to me. We were in a small, hurried group. On the second day of the days of Tashriq, I heard of the severe crowding around the three pillars from companions who had stoned before me. I feared for the women with me, so I compelled them to appoint me as their proxy for stoning, even though they were not among those with valid excuses and had no excuse preventing them from stoning. However, I prevented them from stoning out of fear of the crowd and compelled them to appoint me. When I reached the place of stoning, I found that the crowd had thinned considerably. I regretted not bringing them with me, and returning to them was far away, so I stoned on their behalf. Is my stoning on their behalf in this case valid or not? And is anything required of me or of them if the appointment of a proxy is not valid? I ask for your prompt response.
A : If the situation is as you described, that the women with you were capable of stoning themselves, and you only compelled them to appoint a proxy out of fear of the crowd, and there was
no crowd, then it is obligatory for each of them to pay an expiation, which is: slaughtering a sheep in Makkah that is acceptable for the 'Id sacrifice, distributing its meat among the poor of the Haram, and whoever cannot do so must fast for ten days. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: I hope you will kindly answer my following question: I performed the rites of Hajj this year, which is the Hajj of Islam, accompanied by two women who are mahram to me. We were in a small, hurried group. On the second day of the days of Tashriq, I heard of the severe crowding around the three pillars from companions who had stoned before me. I feared for the women with me, so I compelled them to appoint me as their proxy for stoning, even though they were not among those with valid excuses and had no excuse preventing them from stoning. However, I prevented them from stoning out of fear of the crowd and compelled them to appoint me. When I reached the place of stoning, I found that the crowd had thinned considerably. I regretted not bringing them with me, and returning to them was far away, so I stoned on their behalf. Is my stoning on their behalf in this case valid or not? And is anything required of me or of them if the appointment of a proxy is not valid? I ask for your prompt response.
A : If the situation is as you described, that the women with you were capable of stoning themselves, and you only compelled them to appoint a proxy out of fear of the crowd, and there was
no crowd, then it is obligatory for each of them to pay an expiation, which is: slaughtering a sheep in Makkah that is acceptable for the 'Id sacrifice, distributing its meat among the poor of the Haram, and whoever cannot do so must fast for ten days. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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