Explanation of the Days of Tashriq and the Rulings on Staying Overnight and Prayer in Them

The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.

The questioner:
The Days of Tashriq. Honorable Shaykh, these are noble days. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Days of Tashriq are days of eating, drinking, and remembrance of Allah the Exalted." Tell us about the Days of Tashriq and working on these days?

The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and all his Companions. The Days of Tashriq are the three days after the Day of Sacrifice. After the Day of Sacrifice, there are three days: the eleventh, the twelfth, and the thirteenth. These are the Days of Tashriq. They are days of eating and drinking because they are days of festival, and it is not permissible to fast on them.
They are days of festival, days of eating, drinking, and remembrance of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, through takbir, tahlil, tasbih, du'a, and other such acts. They are great days. They are called the Days of Tashriq because they used to dry the meat of the sacrificial animals in the sun until it dried out. Therefore, they are called the Days of Tashriq. They are great and noble days that should be utilized in the obedience of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. The pilgrims descend to Mina and stay there day and night. This is one of the obligatory duties of Hajj: descending to Mina.
Staying overnight is obligatory, while remaining there during the day is better. Likewise, the prayer is shortened in them without combining. The four-rak'ah prayer is shortened to two rak'ahs without combining, because the one who descends does not combine. The traveler, if he descends, shortens, but does not combine. If his duration does not break the state of travel, he shortens without combining. Here, some people make a mistake.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed in Mina for three days, shortening the four-rak'ah prayer and not combining. He prayed every prayer in its time. This is the way of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Days of Tashriq. Days of eating and drinking because they are days of festival.
And fasting on them is prohibited, except for one who does not have a sacrificial animal, and Allah has obligated him to fast three days in Hajj and seven when he returns to his family. If the three days are delayed from the day of the festival, he fasts them in the Days of Tashriq. The statement of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her): "It was not permitted to fast in the Days of Tashriq except for the blood of Tamattu' or Qiran, so he fasts the three days, even in the Days of Tashriq." The one who is delegated, O Shaykh, on the eleventh day and returns to his family.
This is not permissible. He has not completed the Hajj. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: So it is not permissible for him to travel except by hastening on the twelfth day. On the twelfth day, if he throws the three pebbles after the sun passes its zenith and before the sun sets, it is permissible for him to hasten and depart from Mina. But if the sun sets on the night of the thirteenth, he is required to stay overnight and required to throw the pebbles on the thirteenth day, the three pebbles, and then depart. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: "Hajj is in the well-known months" meaning two days after the festival, the eleventh or the twelfth. And whoever delays, meaning completes the three days in Mina, there is no sin on him who fears Allah. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not hasten, but rather delayed, and his practice is the best for the Muslim. Yes. May Allah reward you, Shaykh Salih, and may Allah bless you for what you have explained in this blessed lesson about the Days of Tashriq. May Allah reward us and the Ummah of Islam with the best reward. And thank you to my colleague, the sound engineer Abdullah al-Muwaish, who recorded this meeting. I also thank the work team of this program. And peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.