The ruling on not staying overnight in Mina due to a car breakdown
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The Shaykh:
Yes.
The presenter:
We continue with you in this blessed session, a session of knowledge with Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good, in answering your questions to detail matters for those who wish to know something about their religion and their acts of worship. May Allah reward you with good for the sake of Islam and the Muslims.
The Shaykh:
And what a good helper, and what a good helper, and what a good helper.
The presenter:
We seek Your Eminence to begin with the questions.
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
This questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, on the day of the festival, before Maghrib, on our way to Mina to stay overnight there, an accident happened to us. We did not stay overnight in Mina on the night of Tuesday, nor on the night of Wednesday, because the car broke down and the driver and the police stopped for some time. We spent the night of Tuesday and the night of Wednesday in al-Abtah in Makkah. Do we owe anything for that? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
If you had a place in Mina where you could have stayed, and you did not stay, you owe a sacrificial animal. The car is one of many cars; the car goes to Mina. If you had a place in Mina, or if a place was made easy for you and you were able to secure a place, you owe a sacrificial animal, as long as you left off staying overnight for both nights in the area of Makkah. May Allah grant success to everyone.
The questioner:
You wrote it as a condolence.
The Shaykh:
As for if there was no place available for them, they owe nothing.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Yes.
The presenter:
We continue with you in this blessed session, a session of knowledge with Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good, in answering your questions to detail matters for those who wish to know something about their religion and their acts of worship. May Allah reward you with good for the sake of Islam and the Muslims.
The Shaykh:
And what a good helper, and what a good helper, and what a good helper.
The presenter:
We seek Your Eminence to begin with the questions.
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
This questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, on the day of the festival, before Maghrib, on our way to Mina to stay overnight there, an accident happened to us. We did not stay overnight in Mina on the night of Tuesday, nor on the night of Wednesday, because the car broke down and the driver and the police stopped for some time. We spent the night of Tuesday and the night of Wednesday in al-Abtah in Makkah. Do we owe anything for that? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
If you had a place in Mina where you could have stayed, and you did not stay, you owe a sacrificial animal. The car is one of many cars; the car goes to Mina. If you had a place in Mina, or if a place was made easy for you and you were able to secure a place, you owe a sacrificial animal, as long as you left off staying overnight for both nights in the area of Makkah. May Allah grant success to everyone.
The questioner:
You wrote it as a condolence.
The Shaykh:
As for if there was no place available for them, they owe nothing.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
فتاوى الحج ١٤١٠ هـ - ١٤ — archive.org (11:29)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.