Is it sufficient to stay overnight at Muzdalifah for most of the night, or is it necessary to stay until morning?
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The questioner : The second question: Also, many pilgrims, when they depart from 'Arafah and arrive at Muzdalifah, even those who consider staying overnight to be the time for it, see that...
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : Some pilgrims, when they set out and depart from 'Arafah and arrive at Muzdalifah, consider it sufficient for the overnight stay to be there for most of the night and then leave. Does the Shaykh think this is sufficient, or is it necessary to stay until morning?
The Shaykh : It is necessary to stay until morning; because the hadith on this matter is explicit, and it is the hadith of 'Urwah ibn Muddaris... who says:.
The questioner : .
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It is...
The questioner : ...Bulugh al-Maram 758 .
The Shaykh : So this means that whoever does not do that, and among that is that he did not reach the Fajr prayer, and among that is that his Hajj is not completed, and whoever does not complete his Hajj has no Hajj.
Yes.
The questioner : Perhaps a completion of the question.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : Some pilgrims, when they set out and depart from 'Arafah and arrive at Muzdalifah, consider it sufficient for the overnight stay to be there for most of the night and then leave. Does the Shaykh think this is sufficient, or is it necessary to stay until morning?
The Shaykh : It is necessary to stay until morning; because the hadith on this matter is explicit, and it is the hadith of 'Urwah ibn Muddaris... who says:
Whoever...
مَن ...The questioner :
Whoever witnessed our prayer with us and prayed and circumambulated...
مَن شَهِدَ معنا صلاتنا هذه وصلى وطاف ...Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It is...
The questioner : ...
Anyone who offered this prayer -at al-Muzdalifah- along with us, and waited with us until we returned to Mina, and he stayed at 'Arafat (on the 9th ) before that by night or day, he would have completed the prescribed duties of Hajj.
مَن شَهِدَ معنا صلاتنا هذه وصلى ووقف بعرفة ليلًا أو نهارًا فقد تمَّ حجُّه وقضى تفثهThe Shaykh : So this means that whoever does not do that, and among that is that he did not reach the Fajr prayer, and among that is that his Hajj is not completed, and whoever does not complete his Hajj has no Hajj.
Yes.
The questioner : Perhaps a completion of the question.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
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