Many pilgrims booked their flights for the twelfth and thirteenth days on the assumption that they would return, and as you know, the sighting of the moon changed and the month became thirty days, so
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The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : O Shaykh, now many of the pilgrims who booked their return flights for the thirteenth of Dhu al-Hijjah, and some for the twelfth of Dhu al-Hijjah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And this booking was based on the calendar, and as you know, the sighting of the moon did not occur, so the month will be thirty days, making the thirteenth day the twelfth day. So is it permissible for one who is convinced that if he stones before noon he will catch his flight to stone before noon?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Can they stone at that time?
The Shaykh : It is not a difference of hours now; it is a difference of a full day.
The questioner : No, for some the difference is hours. For example, I booked for the thirteenth because I intended to delay, but with the change, the flight time will be on the twelfth.
The Shaykh : Why don’t you postpone the flight?
The questioner : There is no booking available, and many pilgrims are in this situation, meaning that whoever booked on this flight, if they do not stone the pillars before noon, will not catch the flight time.
The Shaykh : I see in this case that they should go to Makkah and perform the farewell circumambulation, and then travel, and whoever is able should slaughter a fidyah (ransom payment) for leaving the obligatory act, which is the stoning.
The questioner : What is dropped from them, meaning?
The Shaykh : No, because the obligatory act did not take place.
The questioner : Is it not permissible for the elderly and the old, and so on, because of the crowding, so some of the Shaykhs grant them a rukhsah (dispensation)?
The Shaykh : Grant them a rukhsah (dispensation) for what?
The questioner : They grant them a rukhsah (dispensation).
The Shaykh : They grant them a rukhsah (dispensation) for what?
The questioner : That they stone before noon.
The Shaykh : I do not see this, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not grant a rukhsah (dispensation) to the weak ones, for whom he granted a rukhsah (dispensation) on the day of Eid to stone before noon. So if the Messenger did not grant a rukhsah (dispensation) despite the presence of the cause, it indicates that this is not permissible. But we say that they are like those who are prevented; they were prevented from performing the obligatory act.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:196] This is the closest thing.
The questioner : He slaughters it in Makkah?
The Shaykh : In Makkah, yes, he appoints someone to do it, there is no obstacle.
The questioner : O Shaykh, now many of the pilgrims who booked their return flights for the thirteenth of Dhu al-Hijjah, and some for the twelfth of Dhu al-Hijjah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And this booking was based on the calendar, and as you know, the sighting of the moon did not occur, so the month will be thirty days, making the thirteenth day the twelfth day. So is it permissible for one who is convinced that if he stones before noon he will catch his flight to stone before noon?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Can they stone at that time?
The Shaykh : It is not a difference of hours now; it is a difference of a full day.
The questioner : No, for some the difference is hours. For example, I booked for the thirteenth because I intended to delay, but with the change, the flight time will be on the twelfth.
The Shaykh : Why don’t you postpone the flight?
The questioner : There is no booking available, and many pilgrims are in this situation, meaning that whoever booked on this flight, if they do not stone the pillars before noon, will not catch the flight time.
The Shaykh : I see in this case that they should go to Makkah and perform the farewell circumambulation, and then travel, and whoever is able should slaughter a fidyah (ransom payment) for leaving the obligatory act, which is the stoning.
The questioner : What is dropped from them, meaning?
The Shaykh : No, because the obligatory act did not take place.
The questioner : Is it not permissible for the elderly and the old, and so on, because of the crowding, so some of the Shaykhs grant them a rukhsah (dispensation)?
The Shaykh : Grant them a rukhsah (dispensation) for what?
The questioner : They grant them a rukhsah (dispensation).
The Shaykh : They grant them a rukhsah (dispensation) for what?
The questioner : That they stone before noon.
The Shaykh : I do not see this, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not grant a rukhsah (dispensation) to the weak ones, for whom he granted a rukhsah (dispensation) on the day of Eid to stone before noon. So if the Messenger did not grant a rukhsah (dispensation) despite the presence of the cause, it indicates that this is not permissible. But we say that they are like those who are prevented; they were prevented from performing the obligatory act.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And Allah the Exalted said:
But if you are prevented, then [offer] what can be obtained with ease of sacrificial animals
فإن أحصرتم فما استيسر من الهديThe questioner : He slaughters it in Makkah?
The Shaykh : In Makkah, yes, he appoints someone to do it, there is no obstacle.