Ruling on fasting three days after the thirteenth of Dhu al-Hijjah for one who does not find a sacrificial animal
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Your Eminence! Is it permissible for the pilgrim performing Tamattu' who does not find a sacrificial animal to fast the three days of Hajj after the thirteenth of Dhu al-Hijjah in Mina, since they are part of Hajj?The Shaykh: The twelfth, absolutely not. Hajj is the thirteenth, and it ends there.
The questioner: The verse, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Which one? Three days in Hajj; Hajj begins from the time of entering the state of Ihram for Hajj on the eighth day,But we do not say: He fasts on the eighth and ninth; because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not fast on the Day of 'Arafah, so he fasts on the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth, and for this reason Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: [It was not permitted to fast on the days of Tashriq except for one who did not find a sacrificial animal] .
The scholars said: And he may fast them from the time of his Ihram for 'Umrah if he knows that he will not find a sacrificial animal.
And they cited as evidence for this the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): ('Umrah entered into Hajj) and on this basis: if a person arrives in Dhu al-Qa'dah knowing that he will not find a sacrificial animal, he may fast from the time he enters the state of Ihram for 'Umrah, three days, and the rest when he returns to his family.
The questioner: His saying, Exalted is He, O Shaykh: [al-Baqarah: 197] ,And his saying in the other verse: [al-Baqarah: 196] and we say: that Hajj extends to its end.
؟The Shaykh: There is a difference between: (in Hajj) and (known months) , (in Hajj) means: in Hajj itself; and it is known that Hajj does not begin except on the eighth day until the thirteenth day.
The questioner: And the acts, O Shaykh! Are they not to be delayed, such as the Farewell Tawaf after the thirteenth, for example?The Shaykh: The issue is subject to scholarly disagreement: some scholars say: it is not permissible to delay the Tawaf of Ifadah to after the days of Tashriq.
And some of them were strict and said: It is not permissible except on the Day of 'Eid, and that if the sun sets on the Day of 'Eid and he has not performed the Tawaf of Ifadah, it is obligatory for him to return in the state of Ihram.
And both positions are weak.
And the correct view is: That the matter is broad, and that if the sun sets before he performs the Tawaf for Ifadah, he has exited the first state of Ihram and remains in that state, as for the Tawaf after the days of Tashriq, he may delay it until the last day of Dhu al-Hijjah.
The questioner: The verse, Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Which one? Three days in Hajj; Hajj begins from the time of entering the state of Ihram for Hajj on the eighth day,But we do not say: He fasts on the eighth and ninth; because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not fast on the Day of 'Arafah, so he fasts on the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth, and for this reason Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: [It was not permitted to fast on the days of Tashriq except for one who did not find a sacrificial animal] .
The scholars said: And he may fast them from the time of his Ihram for 'Umrah if he knows that he will not find a sacrificial animal.
And they cited as evidence for this the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): ('Umrah entered into Hajj) and on this basis: if a person arrives in Dhu al-Qa'dah knowing that he will not find a sacrificial animal, he may fast from the time he enters the state of Ihram for 'Umrah, three days, and the rest when he returns to his family.
The questioner: His saying, Exalted is He, O Shaykh:
Hajj is [during] well-known months
الْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌ مَعْلُومَاتٌthree days during Hajj
ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي الْحَجِّ؟The Shaykh: There is a difference between: (in Hajj) and (known months) , (in Hajj) means: in Hajj itself; and it is known that Hajj does not begin except on the eighth day until the thirteenth day.
The questioner: And the acts, O Shaykh! Are they not to be delayed, such as the Farewell Tawaf after the thirteenth, for example?The Shaykh: The issue is subject to scholarly disagreement: some scholars say: it is not permissible to delay the Tawaf of Ifadah to after the days of Tashriq.
And some of them were strict and said: It is not permissible except on the Day of 'Eid, and that if the sun sets on the Day of 'Eid and he has not performed the Tawaf of Ifadah, it is obligatory for him to return in the state of Ihram.
And both positions are weak.
And the correct view is: That the matter is broad, and that if the sun sets before he performs the Tawaf for Ifadah, he has exited the first state of Ihram and remains in that state, as for the Tawaf after the days of Tashriq, he may delay it until the last day of Dhu al-Hijjah.