We heard in a lesson that staying overnight in Muzdalifah is not obligatory; what is your opinion? Likewise, staying overnight in Mina on the eighth day?
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The questioner: This day, O Shaykh, we heard from the hadith, the hadith of Friday.
Another questioner: There is no obligation to stay overnight in Muzdalifah.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar! Where is this ...?
Those present : Amman.
The Shaykh: There is no power or strength except by Allah! This is contrary to the Sunnah, and it was reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: meaning in Muzdalifah, that is: a congregational prayer, , his Hajj is complete, and if he does not stay overnight in Muzdalifah and does not pray the Fajr prayer there, his Hajj is deficient, so it is strange to hear this statement!
The questioner: Also regarding going out to Mina, he said: there is no need.
The Shaykh: All of this, O my master, is contrary to the Sunnah.
The questioner : There is no need for that.
Another questioner: Meaning the first day.
Another questioner : You go out to Mina, he said: there is no need to go out.
The questioner: ... and then you go to 'Arafah, he tells you: stay overnight at 'Arafah.
The Shaykh: These people think that with these fatwas they are doing good.
Another questioner: They are doing good, they are making it easier for [people].
The Shaykh: Yes, as if Allah (Mighty and Majestic) did not know how to make it easier for the Ummah!!
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: And easing and tightening are not in the hand of man; because this is legislation, and legislation is only from Allah:[Ash-Shuraa 42:21] .
The questioner: I say: Muzdalifah ... does not accommodate them ... meaning the situation is not there.
Another questioner: No, the ones who do not fit are in Mina ... .
Another questioner: ... among them are women and such, they did not go ... it will accommodate many.
Another questioner: And among them are the sick, and among them are the incapacitated.
The Shaykh: They have a dispensation.
The questioner: They have a dispensation, so it accommodates them. We said: staying overnight in Mina for this large number of people, yes, it is permissible.
The Shaykh: Even so, if we assume that Muzdalifah or Mina does not accommodate them, then actions are by intentions. Whoever intends to stay overnight in Mina but it does not become easy for him, then he has excused himself.
The questioner: He gets lost in his car at night, and he is walking from 'Arafah to Muzdalifah, and I noticed that the sun rose and he was in Mina.
Another questioner: As for the one who intentionally does not stay overnight ... that he intentionally does not stay overnight, that is the one.
The Shaykh: Yes, that is the error, but a man who cannot[Al-Baqarah 2:286] .
Another questioner: There is no obligation to stay overnight in Muzdalifah.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar! Where is this ...?
Those present : Amman.
The Shaykh: There is no power or strength except by Allah! This is contrary to the Sunnah, and it was reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:
Whoever prayed with us this prayer in congregation
من صلى وهو في جمعٍWhoever prayed with us this prayer in congregation
من صلَّى صلاتنا هذه معنا في جمعٍand he had stood before that at 'Arafah for an hour of night or day, then his Hajj is complete and he has fulfilled his obligations
وكان قد وقفَ قبل ذلك في عرفة ساعةً من ليلٍ أو نهار فقد تمَّ حجُّه وقضى تفثَهThe questioner: Also regarding going out to Mina, he said: there is no need.
The Shaykh: All of this, O my master, is contrary to the Sunnah.
The questioner : There is no need for that.
Another questioner: Meaning the first day.
Another questioner : You go out to Mina, he said: there is no need to go out.
The questioner: ... and then you go to 'Arafah, he tells you: stay overnight at 'Arafah.
The Shaykh: These people think that with these fatwas they are doing good.
Another questioner: They are doing good, they are making it easier for [people].
The Shaykh: Yes, as if Allah (Mighty and Majestic) did not know how to make it easier for the Ummah!!
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: And easing and tightening are not in the hand of man; because this is legislation, and legislation is only from Allah:
Or have they other deities who have ordained for them a religion to which Allah has not consented?
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ شَرَعُوا لَهُمْ مِنَ الدِّينِ مَا لَمْ يَأْذَنْ بِهِ اللَّهُThe questioner: I say: Muzdalifah ... does not accommodate them ... meaning the situation is not there.
Another questioner: No, the ones who do not fit are in Mina ... .
Another questioner: ... among them are women and such, they did not go ... it will accommodate many.
Another questioner: And among them are the sick, and among them are the incapacitated.
The Shaykh: They have a dispensation.
The questioner: They have a dispensation, so it accommodates them. We said: staying overnight in Mina for this large number of people, yes, it is permissible.
The Shaykh: Even so, if we assume that Muzdalifah or Mina does not accommodate them, then actions are by intentions. Whoever intends to stay overnight in Mina but it does not become easy for him, then he has excused himself.
The questioner: He gets lost in his car at night, and he is walking from 'Arafah to Muzdalifah, and I noticed that the sun rose and he was in Mina.
Another questioner: As for the one who intentionally does not stay overnight ... that he intentionally does not stay overnight, that is the one.
The Shaykh: Yes, that is the error, but a man who cannot
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
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