Leaving Muzdalifah before midnight due to the driver’s refusal
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, the car driver refused to stay overnight in Muzdalifah, and we do not know the way to the camp except through him. We spoke to him to stay, but he insisted on refusing, and we left at 11:30 PM after praying Maghrib and 'Isha'. What is required of us in this matter? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
He owes nothing as long as it is 11:30, which is before midnight; he owes nothing, if Allah wills. This driver should be punished. His case should be reported to the authorities of Makkah so that he is punished, because it is obligatory for him to comply with the police. You should report his case when you are done with your rites, so that his case is reported and he is punished, and he is brought under the control of the police. He is not one who defies them or opposes them.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, the car driver refused to stay overnight in Muzdalifah, and we do not know the way to the camp except through him. We spoke to him to stay, but he insisted on refusing, and we left at 11:30 PM after praying Maghrib and 'Isha'. What is required of us in this matter? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
He owes nothing as long as it is 11:30, which is before midnight; he owes nothing, if Allah wills. This driver should be punished. His case should be reported to the authorities of Makkah so that he is punished, because it is obligatory for him to comply with the police. You should report his case when you are done with your rites, so that his case is reported and he is punished, and he is brought under the control of the police. He is not one who defies them or opposes them.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
فتاوى الحج ١٤١٠ هـ - ٨ — archive.org (47:04)
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