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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Does the pilgrim shorten his prayer if he stays overnight in Makkah during the days of Tashriq?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling for one who sleeps in Makkah during the days of Tashriq? And does he shorten his prayers as long as he is in Makkah?

Answer:
If he is from the people of Makkah, he does not shorten or combine; because this is his home, this is his house. But if he is not from the people of Makkah, he is a traveler, so he shortens and combines. However, there is no need to combine; he shortens but does not combine, and he prays every prayer in its time; because he is a resident. But his staying in Mina.
The daytime is better for him, and staying overnight in Mina is obligatory among the obligations of Hajj. As long as he is able to stay overnight, it does not drop from him, because it is obligatory among the obligations of Hajj. And even during the day, his staying in Mina is better for him, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed in Mina all the days of Tashriq, he stayed in Mina all the days of Tashriq.
And Allah the Exalted said:
There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent patternلَّقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ
[Al-Ahzab 33:21]
So the pilgrim stays in Mina during the days of Tashriq, night and day. And if he does not find a place, at the very least he comes at night and stays overnight there, and returns to the place where he stayed during the day; this is at the very least. And if he finds a place in Mina, he stays in it and remains there night and day until the days of Tashriq end, or until he hastens if he wants to hasten.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يقصر الحاج صلاته إذا بات في مكة أيام التشريق؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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