The ruling on one who spent the night outside Muzdalifah and repeated the prayer
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Question:
This questioner says: After the greeting of peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah, on our return from Mount 'Arafah, I was walking with four pilgrims who had performed Hajj before. After a two-hour walk, they said, "This is Muzdalifah." There were many pilgrims sitting in this place, so we sat with them. Then we prayed Maghrib and 'Isha' combined and shortened. Then we slept until three o'clock, and we got up and walked in the direction of al-Mash'ar al-Haram. We discovered that we were outside Muzdalifah. We had arrived at Muzdalifah at twenty-three minutes past three. So we repeated the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers again. Then we prayed Fajr in the mosque located in Muzdalifah, and we remembered[Al-Baqarah 2:198]. Then we walked with the pilgrims to Mina at sunrise. Is our Hajj valid, knowing that I am performing tamattu' and I have already paid for a sheep today? Please inform us what is required of us? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Your Hajj is valid, and nothing is required of you, as long as you came to Muzdalifah in the last part of the night. Praise be to Allah, nothing is required of you, not even repeating the prayer. Whoever prayed on the road so that the time would not pass him, his prayer is valid. It is not a condition that it be in Muzdalifah, though it is better in Muzdalifah. Even if he prayed on the road or at 'Arafah, it is valid, but it is better in Muzdalifah if he can reach it before the middle of the night. If he cannot, he prays first on the road. He does not delay it except the prayer. Repeating the prayer has no place. Nothing is required of you in this, and your Hajj is valid, praise be to Allah. And you do not owe Fajr. Yes.
This questioner says: After the greeting of peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah, on our return from Mount 'Arafah, I was walking with four pilgrims who had performed Hajj before. After a two-hour walk, they said, "This is Muzdalifah." There were many pilgrims sitting in this place, so we sat with them. Then we prayed Maghrib and 'Isha' combined and shortened. Then we slept until three o'clock, and we got up and walked in the direction of al-Mash'ar al-Haram. We discovered that we were outside Muzdalifah. We had arrived at Muzdalifah at twenty-three minutes past three. So we repeated the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers again. Then we prayed Fajr in the mosque located in Muzdalifah, and we remembered
Allah at al- Mash'ar al-Haram
اللَّهَ عِندَ الْمَشْعَرِ الْحَرَامِAnswer:
Your Hajj is valid, and nothing is required of you, as long as you came to Muzdalifah in the last part of the night. Praise be to Allah, nothing is required of you, not even repeating the prayer. Whoever prayed on the road so that the time would not pass him, his prayer is valid. It is not a condition that it be in Muzdalifah, though it is better in Muzdalifah. Even if he prayed on the road or at 'Arafah, it is valid, but it is better in Muzdalifah if he can reach it before the middle of the night. If he cannot, he prays first on the road. He does not delay it except the prayer. Repeating the prayer has no place. Nothing is required of you in this, and your Hajj is valid, praise be to Allah. And you do not owe Fajr. Yes.
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 7 — archive.org (45:53)
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