Stoning on the Thirteenth Day for Those Who Depart Early

Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah’s peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you, and may you be well every year. To proceed: My question is that I am a pilgrim performing Hajj alone (ifrad), and I have certain circumstances. I would like to hasten my departure. Should I throw the pebbles for the thirteenth day in advance along with the pebbles for the twelfth day, or is it dropped from me? May Allah preserve you?

Answer:
If you hasten, you do not have to throw the pebbles for the thirteenth day. Throwing the pebbles for the thirteenth day is for those who stay and do not hasten; they throw them after the sun passes its zenith. As for the one who hastens on the twelfth day, he has no further throwing required; throwing the pebbles on the twelfth day is sufficient for him. Throwing the pebbles for the thirteenth day is for those who delay, for those who stay. If you throw them and you are a pilgrim who has not hastened, no, you throw on the twelfth day and that is sufficient. The eleventh day is the Day of Stopping (Yawm al-Qar). Early on the first day of departure, whoever throws after the sun passes its zenith, after the midday prayer, is permitted to depart before the sun sets. He departs before sunset to Makkah or elsewhere, then performs the farewell tawaf when he travels. And if the sun sets on him tomorrow, Wednesday, and he has not departed from Mina, he is required to stay overnight until he throws on the night of the tenth, Thursday, after the midday prayer, then he departs after that. May Allah reward you.