Is it obligatory to stay overnight in Mina for the entire night or most of the night, and likewise in Muzdalifah?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. My question is: Is it obligatory to stay overnight in Mina for the entire night or most of it? And likewise in Muzdalifah?
The Shaykh : As for Muzdalifah, let him remain until he prays Fajr and it becomes very light; this is the best. However, if he is with the weak, they may depart in the last part of the night, meaning before Fajr, in the last third of the night. As for Mina, its matter is easy, because it is not like Muzdalifah in the obligation of staying overnight there. It is obligatory to remain in it for most of the night, but it is not obligatory to remain for the entire night. However, if it is assumed that he did not find a place in Mina, we say: descend where the people's tents end. Likewise, if it is assumed that he descended to Makkah to perform the Tawaf of Ifadah, but he was unable to reach Mina until after the dawn had risen, we say: you owe nothing. Yes.
The Shaykh : As for Muzdalifah, let him remain until he prays Fajr and it becomes very light; this is the best. However, if he is with the weak, they may depart in the last part of the night, meaning before Fajr, in the last third of the night. As for Mina, its matter is easy, because it is not like Muzdalifah in the obligation of staying overnight there. It is obligatory to remain in it for most of the night, but it is not obligatory to remain for the entire night. However, if it is assumed that he did not find a place in Mina, we say: descend where the people's tents end. Likewise, if it is assumed that he descended to Makkah to perform the Tawaf of Ifadah, but he was unable to reach Mina until after the dawn had risen, we say: you owe nothing. Yes.