Is it permissible to leave Mina during the day and return at night to stay overnight?

Question : This questioner says: Some people go out to some accommodations outside Mina during the day to rest and cool off, and return to Mina at night. Is this permissible, Shaykh Muhammad?

Answer : According to the principles of the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them), it is permissible because the obligation is to stay overnight in Mina, whereas during the day a person is free. However, there is no doubt that this is contrary to the Sunnah, because the Sunnah is for a person to remain in Mina, night and day, as long as the time for staying there remains. Hajj is jihad in the path of Allah, not a leisure trip or a time for luxury. A person should be patient with the hardship he encounters, and the reward is in proportion to the hardship.

The presenter : All right. And what I advise my brothers is not to follow this approach. For some people, for example, come at the end of the night and stay in Mina, but when Fajr breaks, they go to their house in Makkah. Then, when the time for stoning the pillars comes, they go out and stone it. This is, in fact, a deficient Hajj, without a doubt, because he has missed the essential part of it that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do. And as I mentioned briefly, Hajj is jihad, and a person should be patient in it with