The Ruling on Delegating the Exit from Ihram and the Stoning of the Pillars on Behalf of the Capable Person

Question:
The questioner, in his final question, says: On the day of the festival, at the Jamrat al-Aqabah, I stoned the pillars for myself and for my delegate, meaning my wife, but I do not remember whether I performed the exit from ihram for my wife or not. Perhaps I saw that she exited from ihram. What is required of us? Yes, he says: On the day of the festival, at the Jamrat al-Aqabah, I stoned the pillars for myself and for my delegate, meaning my wife, but I did not remember whether I performed the exit from ihram for my wife.

Answer:
First, delegation is not permissible except in the case of inability to stone. If the woman is able to stone by herself, it is obligatory for her to do so, especially on the day of the festival. The day of the festival is spacious; she can stone at any time of it, and there is no crowding. There is no crowding on the day of the festival; people begin after midnight, and there is no crowding after the afternoon prayer, when most of the people have left. This is regarding delegation. As for your statement that you did not have your wife exit from ihram, if you mean that you did not order her to cut her hair for the sake of exiting from ihram, then it remains upon her. It is not that it remains upon her; she should do it now. She should do it now, in any place, with the intention of performing this rite from the rites of Hajj. And if intercourse occurred between you and her before she cut her hair, then she must pay a ransom. She owes a ransom for the act of intercourse, to be distributed to the poor in the sacred precinct of Makkah. If no intercourse occurred, praise be to Allah; she should shorten a finger's width from each lock of her hair, at any time and in any place, with the intention of the rite. Yes.