Stoning the Pillars Before the Sun Reaches Its Zenith on the Second Day of Tashriq

Question:
This questioner says: My father and my mother performed Hajj, Honorable Shaykh, four years ago with one of the tour guides. This guide took them out on the second day of Tashriq before the sun reached its zenith, meaning they stoned the pillars before the sun reached its zenith. They asked about this, and some of those they consider scholars permitted it for them. Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good, what is required of them?

Answer:
We advise them that a sacrificial animal is required of them. There is a weak opinion among some scholars that permits stoning before the sun reaches its zenith, and some scholars said it is permissible on the day of departure. These are all weak opinions, and one should not rely on them. This is a rule: anything that contradicts what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions did is not to be relied upon, even if a great scholar says so. Allah says: The Light, the Light. He did not say, "Return it to Malik or Ahmad or Abu Hanifah or al-Shafi'i or al-Waziri or so-and-so or so-and-so." No, He said, "Return it to Allah and the Messenger" . If the outcome is good, then the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stoned after the sun reached its zenith, and the Companions stoned after the sun reached its zenith. Who are the people after these? Who are the people after these? We are not the people after these; these are the people, they are the role models. The family was large and good. And Allah says: . No one stons before the sun reaches its zenith, ever. Even if some scholars said it, may Allah forgive them, they erred and may Allah forgive them. We pray for them for forgiveness and mercy and say, "May Allah forgive them, they erred." But we do not follow them. And the Exalted and Majestic says: . Its ruling is not to Zayd or 'Amr. And whatever you differ about, its ruling is to Allah, to the Qur'an and the Sunnah. This is what we refer to Allah, to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So if we differ with the tribes or some people regarding stoning before the sun reaches its zenith, we say the ruling is to Allah. Did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbid stoning before the sun reaches its zenith? No, but we stoned after the sun reached its zenith. Yes.