The ruling on one who performed Hajj and did not stay overnight in Mina

Question:
Shaykh Salih, a listener whose name is indicated by the letters Ha, Ha, and 'Ayn, says: I, praise be to Allah, fulfilled the obligation of Hajj last year, and I performed all the obligatory acts except for one thing, which is that I did not stay overnight in Mina for two nights due to the circumstances of the car I had with me. I do not know if I owe anything? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
There is no doubt that staying overnight in Mina on the eleventh and twelfth nights is obligatory for one who hastens by two days. Likewise, the thirteenth night is obligatory for one who delays. Staying overnight on these nights is obligatory for the pilgrim because it is one of the rituals of Hajj, and it is not permissible for the pilgrim to leave it except for an excuse that prevents him from doing so. If your excuse for which you left staying overnight in Mina was a valid excuse that prevented you from staying overnight in Mina, then you owe nothing, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted: But if you were being lenient and were able to stay overnight, but you were lenient and left it, then it is obligatory for you to pay a fidyah (ransom payment) that you slaughter in Makkah and distribute among the poor of the Haram as compensation for leaving this obligatory act. You slaughter a fidyah from sheep, or one-seventh of a cow, or one-seventh of a camel, and distribute it among the poor of the Haram as expiation for what you left of the obligation of staying overnight on the nights of the days of Tashriq. The fidyah requires the same conditions as the udhiyah (sacrificial animal) regarding age and suitability. Yes.