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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Hajj of one who stayed 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
Allah at al- Mash'ar al-Haramاللَّهَ عِندَ الْمَشْعَرِ الْحَرَامِ
[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 Muzdalifah is accessible in the last part of the night, praise be to Allah. Nothing is required of you, even regarding the prayer; you do not need to repeat it. Whoever prays on the road so that the time does not pass, his prayer is valid. It is not a condition to be in Muzdalifah; it is better in Muzdalifah. Even if he prays on the road or in 'Arafah, it is valid, but in Muzdalifah is better if he can reach it before the middle of the night. If he cannot, he prays even on the road. He does not delay it except to pray. Repeating the prayer has no place. Nothing is required of you in this matter, and your Hajj is valid, praise be to Allah. And nothing is required of you by way of fidyah. Yes.

The presenter:
Before we give you the answer, Khalil Salim, driving. May Allah answer you,
Source فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 7 (2) — archive.org (45:28)

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