What is your opinion of the one who goes to Makkah on the ninth day and hastens to leave, counting it as such?

The questioner : Some people deliberately go to Makkah on the ninth day, and they hasten to leave Mina on the second day of the days of Tashreeq, doing so with the intention of seeking reward. What is your opinion?

The Shaykh : With the intention of seeking reward.

The questioner : He means that this is the question.

The Shaykh : What does "with the intention of seeking reward" mean? Because this Hajj is a weak Hajj. Perhaps it will suffice to clear one's conscience, since he does not enter the state of ihram until the ninth day and departs on the twelfth day. There is no doubt that it is an incomplete Hajj, and that it is better for a person to enter the state of ihram for Hajj on the eighth day, pray in Mina for five times—Zuhr, 'Asr, Maghrib, 'Isha', and Fajr—stand at 'Arafah for the whole day, and depart from 'Arafah after the sun sets. He should remain in Muzdalifah until he prays Fajr, and remain in Mina until the twelfth day. However, after he has stoned the pillars on the twelfth day, he may hasten if he wishes or delay if he wishes.