Important issues concerning Hajj.

The Shaykh : So let us look, O brothers, at what we did after leaving Muzdalifah and arriving at Mina?
First: stoning the pillars. Second: the sacrifice. Third: shaving the head. Fourth: circumambulation of the Ka'bah. Fifth: walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah. Five. Is it permissible for a person to bring some of these forward or delay them? Listen to the ruling of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He was not asked about anything on the day of the festival to be brought forward or delayed except that he said: . And based on this, we take examples:
A man went directly from Muzdalifah to Makkah, performed circumambulation and walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah, then returned and stoned the pillars. Is this permissible or not? It is permissible. A man stoned the pillars then shaved his head before performing the sacrifice. Is this permissible or not? It is permissible. A man went down to Makkah to perform circumambulation and walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah, but found the area of circumambulation very crowded. So he performed walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah before circumambulation. Is this permissible or not? It is permissible, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) was not asked about anything to be brought forward or delayed on that day—that is, the Day of Sacrifice—except that he said: . Good.
He spends the night of the 11th, the night of the 12th, and the night of the 13th in Mina. This is if he delays. If he hastens, he spends the night of the 11th and the night of the 12th. After the sun passes its zenith on the three days, he stones the three pillars. He stones first the small pillar, then the middle one, then the large one. The small one is the first one you encounter when you go down toward Makkah. You stone it with seven pebbles. You say Allahu Akbar with each pebble. You move away from the crowd and the pebbles and stand facing the direction of prayer, raising your hands, supplicating to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) with a long supplication as much as you are able. Then the middle one is like it; you stone it like it, and you stand after it and supplicate to Allah the Exalted with a long supplication. Then the large pillar, and you do not stand. Three days, when? After the sun passes its zenith. It is after the sun passes its zenith. And with that, Hajj is completed. If you want to travel to your country, do not leave until you perform the farewell circumambulation. Let us take examples: A man left 'Arafah before sunset. Is it forbidden for him or permissible? It is forbidden for him. He must remain in 'Arafah until the sun sets, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) stood in 'Arafah until the sun set. If leaving before sunset had been permissible, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would have left, because he is the most merciful to the Ummah and the most considerate of them, so that they would leave during the day. And at a time when there were no electric poles. So when he waited until the sun set and darkness fell, and did not leave before that, we know that remaining in 'Arafah until sunset is obligatory. And because if a person leaves before sunset, he contradicts the guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) and follows the guidance of the polytheists, because the polytheists would leave 'Arafah when the sun was on the mountains like turbans on the heads of men. Meaning: when it approached sunset, they would walk. A person left Muzdalifah before praying Fajr. This is permissible. Especially in our time, because of the crowd. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) permitted women and the weak to leave Muzdalifah at the end of the day so that people would not crowd them. In our time now, the crowd is severe. So you may leave before Fajr from Muzdalifah and stone. When you arrive, stone, even if it is one or two hours before Fajr. Good. A man did not leave Muzdalifah until the sun rose. Is this permissible or not? It is permissible. But he should not do it except for an excuse, such as a car breakdown or losing some of his companions, so he remains to look for them, for example. Otherwise, let him leave before the sun rises, because delaying leaving Muzdalifah until the sun rises contradicts the guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) and follows the guidance of the polytheists. The polytheists, when they stood in Muzdalifah, would say: "Let Thabir shine so that we may change."
Good. A man delayed stoning until the sun set on the 11th and the 12th? It is permissible. You may stone until Fajr, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) specified the beginning of stoning and was silent about its end. This indicates that the matter is broad. And especially, O my brothers, especially in our times. The gathering is large. The oppression is much. And the lack of concern is much. And you find one coming at you like a raging, aggressive camel, wanting to stone, in his opinion, the devil. And perhaps he takes large stones to stone the devil, in his opinion. And some of them were heard cursing the pillar. He says: "May Allah curse you, you are the one who separated me from my wife." Glory be to Allah! Great ignorance. And therefore, it is obligatory to remove this false belief from the minds of people. And we say: stoning the pillars is a ritual of the rituals of Hajj. And in the hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: . Good. A man combined the days of Tashreeq on the last day, meaning he did not go on the 11th or the 12th, and stoned them, making them all together on the last day. This is not permissible except for an excuse, such as if a person is far away in the outskirts of Mina and it is difficult for him to go back and forth every day. We say: there is no harm, combine, combine the three days on the last day. But start in order. Stone three for the 11th, and three for the 12th, and three for the 13th. Meaning, you stone the first, then the middle, then the large. A woman finds the crowd difficult and it is not expected that she will delay until it lightens. Is it permissible for her to appoint a proxy? The answer: Yes, it is permissible for her to appoint a proxy. An old shaykh may appoint a proxy. A sick person may appoint a proxy. A person of weak constitution may appoint a proxy, because the crowd is severe, especially on the 12th for one who wants to hasten, because on this day there is severe crowding. And the woman cannot bear it, poor thing. So let her appoint a proxy. Good. A man intended to hasten and leave Mina. But the traffic held him back. The crowd of cars held him back until the sun set. What do we say to him? We say: Go, even if the sun has set, because you were held back by dire necessity.
Good. A man or a woman feared the crowd if he stoned at the beginning of the time on the 12th, then hastened and delayed stoning until the crowd lightened, and he did not fear the crowd.