Which is better for women in stoning the pillars: to stone at night or during the day?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Your Eminence, you know, may Allah reward you with good, the time that passes for women during Hajj due to the crowds and the inability to move in some places. The scholars have issued a ruling that she may stone at night. Is it permissible for her guardian to go with her, return, and stone with her at night, rather than going during the day to stone and accompanying her at night?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The correct view is that stoning at night is permissible, except on the night of the festival, when it is not permissible except in the last part of the night. Likewise, on the twelfth day, one should not delay it until night, because if he delays it until night, he would have to remain until the thirteenth day. Similarly, the stoning on the thirteenth day should not be delayed until night, because the days of Tashriq end with the sunset of the night of the thirteenth day. Therefore, it is permissible even for a non-woman to stone at night.
We see that stoning at night with tranquility and performing the stoning with humility is better than going to stone during the day while not knowing whether he will return to his tent or die, and not performing the worship while he is performing it, performing the worship while his mind is preoccupied with fear for his own safety.
And we have established a principle indicated by the Shari'ah: that preserving the act of worship itself is more important than preserving its time or place, as long as the time is sufficient.
For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saidSahih Muslim 560a, so if someone is struggling with the urge to urinate or defecate, we say he should delay the prayer to the end of the time until he relieves himself, even though praying at the beginning of the time is better. But if you pray while struggling with the urge to urinate or defecate, you will not achieve the humility that is attached to the act of worship itself.
For this reason, we see that in the present time, stoning at night is better than stoning during the day, if stoning during the day does not result in humility and performing the worship in the required manner.
So it is permissible for a man to delay the stoning until night in order to go with his family to stone the pillar.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good
Another questioner: O Shaykh, I have an inquiry and a question.
The Shaykh : Just a question.
The questioner : A question.
The Shaykh : Yes
Your Eminence, you know, may Allah reward you with good, the time that passes for women during Hajj due to the crowds and the inability to move in some places. The scholars have issued a ruling that she may stone at night. Is it permissible for her guardian to go with her, return, and stone with her at night, rather than going during the day to stone and accompanying her at night?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The correct view is that stoning at night is permissible, except on the night of the festival, when it is not permissible except in the last part of the night. Likewise, on the twelfth day, one should not delay it until night, because if he delays it until night, he would have to remain until the thirteenth day. Similarly, the stoning on the thirteenth day should not be delayed until night, because the days of Tashriq end with the sunset of the night of the thirteenth day. Therefore, it is permissible even for a non-woman to stone at night.
We see that stoning at night with tranquility and performing the stoning with humility is better than going to stone during the day while not knowing whether he will return to his tent or die, and not performing the worship while he is performing it, performing the worship while his mind is preoccupied with fear for his own safety.
And we have established a principle indicated by the Shari'ah: that preserving the act of worship itself is more important than preserving its time or place, as long as the time is sufficient.
For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said
No prayer can be (rightly said) when the food is there (before the worshipper), or when he is prompted by the call of nature.
لا صلاة بحضرة الطعام ولا وهو يدافعه الأخبثانFor this reason, we see that in the present time, stoning at night is better than stoning during the day, if stoning during the day does not result in humility and performing the worship in the required manner.
So it is permissible for a man to delay the stoning until night in order to go with his family to stone the pillar.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good
Another questioner: O Shaykh, I have an inquiry and a question.
The Shaykh : Just a question.
The questioner : A question.
The Shaykh : Yes