Stoning the Pillars Before Dawn for Those Who Are Not Among the Weak
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Question:
The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, I was with companions who had their wives with them, and we descended last night before dawn and stoned the pillars. Is this permissible for me, even though I am not accompanying any of the women?
Answer:
For one who is with the weak, there is no harm in sitting with them in the last part of the night and descending to perform tawaf. However, stoning the pillars after the sun has risen is better for one who is strong enough to do so. Otherwise, stoning before that is permissible. The dispensation granted to the weak, children, the elderly, the sick, and those accompanying them allows them to depart from Muzdalifah at night before dawn. Among them was Umm Salimah, who proceeded to stone the pillar before dawn and then performed tawaf around the House, and there is no harm in that. A man came to him and said, “O Messenger of Allah, I completed my pilgrimage before I stoned,” meaning he performed the farewell tawaf before stoning. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “There is no harm.” This indicates permissibility. But if one delays the stoning until after the sun rises, that is better, only.
The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, I was with companions who had their wives with them, and we descended last night before dawn and stoned the pillars. Is this permissible for me, even though I am not accompanying any of the women?
Answer:
For one who is with the weak, there is no harm in sitting with them in the last part of the night and descending to perform tawaf. However, stoning the pillars after the sun has risen is better for one who is strong enough to do so. Otherwise, stoning before that is permissible. The dispensation granted to the weak, children, the elderly, the sick, and those accompanying them allows them to depart from Muzdalifah at night before dawn. Among them was Umm Salimah, who proceeded to stone the pillar before dawn and then performed tawaf around the House, and there is no harm in that. A man came to him and said, “O Messenger of Allah, I completed my pilgrimage before I stoned,” meaning he performed the farewell tawaf before stoning. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “There is no harm.” This indicates permissibility. But if one delays the stoning until after the sun rises, that is better, only.
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 4 — archive.org (50:18)
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