Does the pilgrim from the people of Makkah shorten and combine the prayer at 'Arafah and Muzdalifah, even though he does not shorten or combine in Mina?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. Regarding the pilgrim from Makkah, you said that in Mina he cannot shorten, or that he does not shorten. I have heard that from you.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : But in Muzdalifah and 'Arafah, he does shorten. I do not know the reasoning for that.
The Shaykh : Yes, as for the person from Makkah when he performs Hajj, the scholars who measure travel by distance do not consider it permissible for him to combine or shorten, such as Imam Ahmad and al-Shafi'i.
Therefore, they do not permit the pilgrim from Makkah to shorten or combine, even in the past.
But the stronger opinion is that travel is not restricted by distance, but rather by custom and preparation for it. So whatever people prepare for and set out for is travel.
And according to this opinion, it is permissible for the person from Makkah to shorten and combine when he performs Hajj. This is indicated by the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Hajj with the people of Makkah and did not order them to complete the prayer. And when he conquered Makkah and began praying with them in Makkah, he would order them to complete the prayer and say: And on this basis, we say:
The school of Imam Ahmad, as is well known from him, and that of al-Shafi'i, is that the people of Makkah do not combine or shorten, neither in Mina, nor in 'Arafah, nor in Muzdalifah. As for the second opinion, which we consider stronger, if a person is in Muzdalifah and 'Arafah, he is in a place separate from Makkah, so he may avail himself of the dispensations of travel. But if he is in Mina, as you know, Mina has now become like a district of Makkah. Therefore, we see that the precaution is not to combine or shorten in Mina, even though there is no combining in Mina even for non-Makkans, since the practice in Mina for non-Makkans is to shorten without combining. Yes.
The questioner : But in Muzdalifah and 'Arafah, O Shaykh, now.
The Shaykh : As for Muzdalifah and 'Arafah, they are separate, as I told you first, separate from Makkah, meaning the construction has not connected them.
The questioner : But now there is almost a connection, with only a few hundred meters between them.
The Shaykh : As far as I have seen, it has not connected; what is connected is connected.
The questioner : The district is adjacent to Muzdalifah. They said that the distance between them is about two hundred meters, according to the people of Makkah.
The Shaykh : I did not see it.
In any case, if Makkah expands in the future and Muzdalifah becomes part of it like Mina, the ruling is the same. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : But in Muzdalifah and 'Arafah, he does shorten. I do not know the reasoning for that.
The Shaykh : Yes, as for the person from Makkah when he performs Hajj, the scholars who measure travel by distance do not consider it permissible for him to combine or shorten, such as Imam Ahmad and al-Shafi'i.
Therefore, they do not permit the pilgrim from Makkah to shorten or combine, even in the past.
But the stronger opinion is that travel is not restricted by distance, but rather by custom and preparation for it. So whatever people prepare for and set out for is travel.
And according to this opinion, it is permissible for the person from Makkah to shorten and combine when he performs Hajj. This is indicated by the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Hajj with the people of Makkah and did not order them to complete the prayer. And when he conquered Makkah and began praying with them in Makkah, he would order them to complete the prayer and say:
Complete the prayer, O people of Makkah, for we are a people of travel.
أتموا يا أهل مكة فإنا قوم سَفْرThe school of Imam Ahmad, as is well known from him, and that of al-Shafi'i, is that the people of Makkah do not combine or shorten, neither in Mina, nor in 'Arafah, nor in Muzdalifah. As for the second opinion, which we consider stronger, if a person is in Muzdalifah and 'Arafah, he is in a place separate from Makkah, so he may avail himself of the dispensations of travel. But if he is in Mina, as you know, Mina has now become like a district of Makkah. Therefore, we see that the precaution is not to combine or shorten in Mina, even though there is no combining in Mina even for non-Makkans, since the practice in Mina for non-Makkans is to shorten without combining. Yes.
The questioner : But in Muzdalifah and 'Arafah, O Shaykh, now.
The Shaykh : As for Muzdalifah and 'Arafah, they are separate, as I told you first, separate from Makkah, meaning the construction has not connected them.
The questioner : But now there is almost a connection, with only a few hundred meters between them.
The Shaykh : As far as I have seen, it has not connected; what is connected is connected.
The questioner : The district is adjacent to Muzdalifah. They said that the distance between them is about two hundred meters, according to the people of Makkah.
The Shaykh : I did not see it.
In any case, if Makkah expands in the future and Muzdalifah becomes part of it like Mina, the ruling is the same. Yes.