If a woman falls ill and is unable to spend the night at Muzdalifah, and her husband is likewise unable to assist her, what is the ruling?

The questioner : If a woman falls ill and is unable to spend the night at Muzdalifah, and her husband is likewise unable to assist her, what is the ruling?

The Shaykh : She was unable to spend the night at Muzdalifah? Yes, spending the night at Muzdalifah, as I understand it from the Sunnah, is like standing at 'Arafah. That is, part of it is obligatory, which is spending the night at Muzdalifah, and part of it is a pillar, which is the Fajr prayer at Muzdalifah. If this sick woman is unable to spend the night, it is sufficient for her and her husband to be cautious and perform the Fajr prayer at Muzdalifah. If that is not possible for her, then the general ruling applies: whoever holds that the Fajr prayer at Muzdalifah is like spending the night, and that their ruling is the same, which is obligatory, may expiate it with a sacrificial animal. And whoever holds that the Fajr prayer at Muzdalifah is a pillar, like standing at 'Arafah, based on the previous hadith , whoever acts upon this hadith, then her ruling and the ruling for her husband with her is as if he had not stood at 'Arafah for an hour of night or day. He must complete his Hajj, offer a sacrificial animal, and perform this Hajj in the coming year, even if he has performed Hajj many times. This is my opinion in this matter.