What is the evidence for the obligation of staying overnight at Muzdalifah, given that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted a dispensation for women and the weak to depart after midnight?

The questioner : He says: What is the evidence for the obligation of staying overnight at Muzdalifah, and why is it not sufficient to consider it merely a recommended practice, given that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted a dispensation for women and the weak to depart after half the night?

The Shaykh : The evidence for its obligation is the saying of Allah the Exalted: The default ruling for a command is obligation until evidence arises to shift it from obligation. Also, the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to 'Urwah ibn al-Mudarris, when they met him during the Fajr prayer on the day of Muzdalifah, where he said: "O Messenger of Allah, I have exhausted myself and worn out my mount, and I did not leave a single hill without stopping at it." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted a dispensation for the weak to depart from Mina in the last part of the night, and a dispensation indicates that the default ruling is the strict ruling and obligation. In fact, some scholars held that standing at Muzdalifah is a pillar of Hajj, because Allah the Exalted commanded it in His saying: . And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) preserved it and said: Muzdalifah. However, the middle position, the middle position among the views of the scholars, is that staying overnight there is obligatory, but it is not a pillar nor a recommended practice. Yes.