The ruling on staying overnight in Mina for one who cannot find a place
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the worker who was there and had no place in Mina, so he would stay there for what relieves the night, and what they bring to him, and what they bring by day, and what they know of the voluntary prayers.
Answer:
So I say: May Allah reward you. Whoever finds a place in Mina, it is obligatory for him to stay in Mina. And whoever does not find a place, he should settle in any place connected to Mina and connected to the pilgrims. If he enters at night and stays overnight in Mina and is able to do this, it is obligatory for him. And if he is not able to stay overnight in his place, praise be to Allah, His saying, the Exalted:[At-Taghabun 64:16] But the problem is with people who do not come to us and do not try; they look for a place, go to al-Aziziyah, and take a furnished, organized, and air-conditioned room, and they settle in it, air-condition it, eat and drink. Some of them say, "We will go for hours and chat in Mina at the beginning of the night," then they return. This is what they do.
The pilgrims present themselves to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and stay with the pilgrims. They only find a dwelling in Mina at the edge of the pilgrims, even from the side of Muzdalifah, or from the directions connected to Mina, here or there. They should get as close to Mina as possible, meaning they do what they can. As for leaving this and rushing to go and settle there, and not coming from there except for the stoning of the pillars, or some of them coming to chat at the beginning of the night and then returning, this is a great shortcoming. It is feared that he has not fulfilled the obligatory duty, because he did not search or ask or look for a place until he did not find one. And if he does not find one, he does not go to settle in al-Aziziyah.
Meaning, he settles at the edge of the pilgrims. He does good and settles at the edge of the pilgrims. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the worker who was there and had no place in Mina, so he would stay there for what relieves the night, and what they bring to him, and what they bring by day, and what they know of the voluntary prayers.
Answer:
So I say: May Allah reward you. Whoever finds a place in Mina, it is obligatory for him to stay in Mina. And whoever does not find a place, he should settle in any place connected to Mina and connected to the pilgrims. If he enters at night and stays overnight in Mina and is able to do this, it is obligatory for him. And if he is not able to stay overnight in his place, praise be to Allah, His saying, the Exalted:
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْThe pilgrims present themselves to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and stay with the pilgrims. They only find a dwelling in Mina at the edge of the pilgrims, even from the side of Muzdalifah, or from the directions connected to Mina, here or there. They should get as close to Mina as possible, meaning they do what they can. As for leaving this and rushing to go and settle there, and not coming from there except for the stoning of the pillars, or some of them coming to chat at the beginning of the night and then returning, this is a great shortcoming. It is feared that he has not fulfilled the obligatory duty, because he did not search or ask or look for a place until he did not find one. And if he does not find one, he does not go to settle in al-Aziziyah.
Meaning, he settles at the edge of the pilgrims. He does good and settles at the edge of the pilgrims. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب صفة الحج ودخول مكة — islamhouse.com (23:24)
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