If night overtakes a person on the twelfth day while he is preparing to depart, is it obligatory for him to stay overnight for Hajj?

Question : Shaykh Muhammad, if night overtakes a person on the twelfth day while he is preparing to depart, is it obligatory for him to stay overnight?

Answer : It is not obligatory for him to stay overnight if he has already set out and prepared to travel, or if he has actually boarded his vehicle and is traveling toward Makkah, but the traffic has prevented him from moving. In that case, he continues his journey and there is no blame on him, due to the generality of the statement of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: This man is hastening on two days because he has prepared and set out, but it was not possible for him to exit. As for the one who intended to delay, and… Yes. As for the one who intended to delay, but after the sun had set, it occurred to him to hasten, it is not permissible for him to hasten, because Allah only granted a dispensation for hastening to the one and the conditional context implies that the hastening must occur before the sun sets.