Continuation of the discussion on the rulings of the obligatory Hajj.

The Shaykh : Even if his family is with him, it is permissible for him to have intercourse with them, as the 'Umrah has ended. Then he enters the state of ihram for Hajj on the eighth day from the place where he is staying. If he is staying in Makkah, then from Makkah; if in Mina, then from Mina; from any place, he enters ihram for Hajj. He performs ghusl as previously mentioned for 'Umrah, applies perfume, wears the clothes of ihram, and says: "Here I am for Hajj, not for 'Umrah" Why? Because the 'Umrah has ended. Then he says: This is done in the forenoon of the eighth day. He goes to Mina and stays there, praying Zuhr, 'Asr, Maghrib, 'Isha, and Fajr, each prayer in its time, shortened. That is, Zuhr, 'Asr, and 'Isha are performed in two rak'ahs. When the sun rises on the ninth day, he proceeds to 'Arafah. He stops at Namirah if possible; if not, he goes directly to 'Arafah and stops in his place. When the sun passes its zenith, he prays Zuhr. It is recommended for the imam of the pilgrims to deliver a sermon to them before the adhan for Zuhr, not after the adhan. No, before the adhan, my brothers. He delivers a sermon before the adhan, in which he establishes the fundamentals of Islam and the rights of Islam, and explains the rulings of the rites. Then the adhan is called for the combined prayer of Zuhr and 'Asr, performed early and shortened. Is it shortened or completed? Shortened. Good. But if the pilgrim encounters Friday, does he pray Jumu'ah or not? He does not pray Jumu'ah, my brothers, because there is no Jumu'ah in travel. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) encountered the Day of 'Arafah on a Friday during the Farewell Pilgrimage and did not pray Jumu'ah; he prayed Zuhr and 'Asr. Then, when he finishes the prayer of Zuhr and 'Asr, he devotes himself to supplication and dhikr, and increases his fervent calling upon Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in the last part of the day, for Allah the Exalted boasts to the angels of the people of the standing place. When the sun sets, he proceeds from 'Arafah to Muzdalifah while reciting the talbiyah, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not cease reciting the talbiyah until he stoned the Pillar of 'Aqabah. He delays the prayer until he reaches Muzdalifah, where he stops, and prays Maghrib and 'Isha combined and shortened. He spends the night in Muzdalifah until the dawn breaks. When the dawn breaks, he calls the adhan and prays the two rak'ahs of the rawatib, then prays Fajr. Then he sits and supplicates to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) with whatever he wishes, until it becomes very light. Let him know that all of 'Arafah is a standing place, and all of Muzdalifah is a standing place. However, let him be very careful about the boundaries of 'Arafah, because some people fall short of 'Arafah and stop before reaching its boundaries, remaining in their place until the sun sets, then they proceed to Muzdalifah. And know, O brothers, that this person has no Hajj. He returned without a Hajj, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Likewise, all of Muzdalifah is a standing place; it is not necessary to go to al-Mash'ar al-Haram. Any place where you stand suffices for you. Then you proceed from Muzdalifah when it becomes very light to where? To where, my brothers? To Mina. After proceeding from Muzdalifah to Mina, you will do the following: First, stoning the Pillar of 'Aqabah before anything else, for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) stoned the Pillar of 'Aqabah on his mount before setting up his camp, directly on his mount. If it is possible for you to start with stoning the Pillar of 'Aqabah first, stone it with seven pebbles, saying takbir with each pebble, until you complete seven pebbles. Where do you take the pebbles from? From any place, not from Muzdalifah, from any place, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) picked up pebbles from Mina. But some of the Salaf recommended picking up pebbles from Muzdalifah to be prepared to start stoning as soon as he arrives. As for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he did not pick them up from Muzdalifah; he picked them up from Mina, until Ibn Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "He ordered Ibn 'Abbas to pick up pebbles for him while he was standing at the Pillar" The important thing is that the pebbles can be taken from any place, and there is no harm. You stone the Pillar of 'Aqabah after the sun rises with seven pebbles, and do not stop to supplicate. Walk! To where? To the place of sacrifice, and sacrifice the hady. Then shave your head. Then you have performed the first tahallul. You wear your clothes, apply perfume, then descend to Makkah for the tawaf, the tawaf of ifadhah and the sa'y. Do you perform tawaf in your clothes or in your ihram? In your clothes, because you have performed the first tahallul. You perform tawaf and sa'y, and with this you have completed the entire tahallul. Even if your wife is with you and has performed the tahallul like you, it is permissible for both of you to have intercourse, because she has performed the second tahallul. Stop! How many things did we do on the day of 'Id after we proceeded from Muzdalifah? Count these as one.
The student: ... .

The Shaykh : This is two.
The student: ... .

The Shaykh : This is the shaving. Five things, well done, these are the five things. Arrange them in this order. Is the order clear now? The Pillar, the sacrifice, the shaving, the tawaf, the sa'y. These are they. If you bring some of them forward, there is no harm. Look, it is a concession from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). If you went from Muzdalifah to the House, performed tawaf and sa'y, and returned and stoned, there is no harm. If you stoned, then descended to the House, performed tawaf and sa'y, then went out and sacrificed and shaved, there is no harm. If you descended to Makkah for tawaf and sa'y and found the tawaf area narrow and crowded, and the sa'y was lighter, so you started with the sa'y before the tawaf, there is no harm, no harm. Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) was asked on the day of 'Id about stoning, sacrificing, shaving, tawaf, and sa'y, and he was not asked about anything being brought forward or delayed except he said: What? O Allah, to You is praise. A blessing of ease from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). If people were obligated to all stone, all sacrifice, all perform tawaf, and all perform sa'y, there would be hardship in that. But they all do this: this one sacrifices, this one stones, this one performs tawaf, and this one performs sa'y. And praise be to Allah, among the blessings of Allah upon His servants is that He made it easy for them. Then, after that, meaning after the tawaf and sa'y, he returns to Mina and spends the night of the eleventh day in Mina, and remains there. When the sun passes its zenith on the eleventh day, he stones the three pillars: the first, the middle, and the Pillar of 'Aqabah, each with seven. What is the total? The student. Yes, what is the total? How many in total? 21. What pebble? Good, rest. You stone the first pillar, then the middle, then the Pillar of 'Aqabah. But when you stone the first with seven pebbles, move forward so that the pebbles or the crowd do not hit you, and face the qiblah and raise your hands and supplicate with a long supplication. Then stone the middle and do as you did with the first: move forward so that the crowd and pebbles do not hit you, face the qiblah, raise your hands, and supplicate with a long supplication. Then the Pillar of 'Aqabah, and do not stop to supplicate, do not stop to supplicate, because a person may have a desire to return to his camp, so let him go to his camp. And because the Pillar of 'Aqabah is the conclusion of the worship, and supplication is before the conclusion of the worship, not after it. For this reason, if we were asked: Is it better to raise my hands after the prayer and supplicate, or to supplicate with what I want to supplicate with after the prayer before I say the taslim? We would say: Supplicate before you say the taslim. He performs this act—stoning the pillars—on the eleventh day, the twelfth day, and the thirteenth day if he delays. And if he hastens and leaves before the sun sets on the twelfth day, his Hajj is complete. Allah the Exalted said: And these are the days of Tashriq: the eleventh, the twelfth, and the thirteenth Allah granted a concession for hastening and a concession for delaying, and praise be to Allah for His blessings.