Why did we grant a dispensation to the weak, the elderly, and those in dire necessity to depart from Muzdalifah before the prescribed time, but did not grant a dispensation to stoning the pillars before the prescribed time?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : O Shaykh, why did we grant a dispensation to the elderly, the weak, and those in dire necessity to depart from Muzdalifah before the prescribed time, but did not grant a dispensation to stoning the pillars before the prescribed time?
The Shaykh : Yes, we granted a dispensation to the weak to depart from Muzdalifah because the Messenger granted them a dispensation.
The questioner : Is the crowding used as an analogy for this?
The Shaykh : The analogy is not valid, because the operative cause existed in the time of the Messenger. The crowding that occurs at the pillars during the days of Tashriq is the same as the crowding that occurs when stoning the Pillar of the Devil on the day of the festival, and yet he did not grant them a dispensation.
The questioner : O Shaykh, why did we grant a dispensation to the elderly, the weak, and those in dire necessity to depart from Muzdalifah before the prescribed time, but did not grant a dispensation to stoning the pillars before the prescribed time?
The Shaykh : Yes, we granted a dispensation to the weak to depart from Muzdalifah because the Messenger granted them a dispensation.
The questioner : Is the crowding used as an analogy for this?
The Shaykh : The analogy is not valid, because the operative cause existed in the time of the Messenger. The crowding that occurs at the pillars during the days of Tashriq is the same as the crowding that occurs when stoning the Pillar of the Devil on the day of the festival, and yet he did not grant them a dispensation.