A woman’s delegation in stoning the pillars
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The questioner:
Your Eminence the Shaykh! This woman is asking. She says: I am a woman who feels distress in my chest when stoning the pillars. Is it permissible for me to appoint my husband to stone the pillars on my behalf, knowing that I have already stoned the Jamrat al-Aqabah? I hope for an answer. May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
The answer is: other than the desire that is not blameworthy, she stones them herself, just as the women of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) did, and the people before us in the appropriate times, such as at night in the appropriate times, where there is no crowding, no fighting, and no desire to avoid the crowding. If she does not resort to crowding, she appoints someone. If there is no crowding, if it is possible to be safe, and praise be to Allah, she stays the night and does it herself if she is in good health and safety. As for the one who has an excuse, she may appoint someone: the elderly woman, the sick woman, the one who fears harm from it. Indeed, there are some of them who, if you ask about them, those who know them do not know. As for
The presenter:
Aywah.
The Shaykh:
And what does he pray with the Prophet?
The presenter:
How does it end?
The Shaykh:
O Princess.
The presenter:
They told me the Shaykh will answer three days' worth of questions.
The Shaykh:
Yes, but the people's response.
The presenter:
May Allah answer you,
Your Eminence the Shaykh! This woman is asking. She says: I am a woman who feels distress in my chest when stoning the pillars. Is it permissible for me to appoint my husband to stone the pillars on my behalf, knowing that I have already stoned the Jamrat al-Aqabah? I hope for an answer. May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
The answer is: other than the desire that is not blameworthy, she stones them herself, just as the women of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) did, and the people before us in the appropriate times, such as at night in the appropriate times, where there is no crowding, no fighting, and no desire to avoid the crowding. If she does not resort to crowding, she appoints someone. If there is no crowding, if it is possible to be safe, and praise be to Allah, she stays the night and does it herself if she is in good health and safety. As for the one who has an excuse, she may appoint someone: the elderly woman, the sick woman, the one who fears harm from it. Indeed, there are some of them who, if you ask about them, those who know them do not know. As for
The presenter:
Aywah.
The Shaykh:
And what does he pray with the Prophet?
The presenter:
How does it end?
The Shaykh:
O Princess.
The presenter:
They told me the Shaykh will answer three days' worth of questions.
The Shaykh:
Yes, but the people's response.
The presenter:
May Allah answer you,
Source
فتاوى الحج ١٤١٠ هـ - ١ — archive.org (50:49)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.