What is preferable for the weak: to depart at night in order to stone the pillars, or to stay overnight at Muzdalifah and then stone the pillar at Mina late at night?
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The questioner : What is preferable for the weak: to depart at night to stone the pillars, or to stay overnight at Muzdalifah and then stone the pillar at Mina late on the day of the festival?
The Shaykh : It is preferable for them to move forward and stone the pillars at night. The wisdom behind this is that these people experience the joy of the festival, because when they have stoned the pillars and the men have shaved or shortened their hair, and the women have shortened their hair, a person feels that he has completed the rites, and thus his festival is a true festival. There is no harm in delaying it until the end of the day, or until night, or until Fajr.
The Shaykh : It is preferable for them to move forward and stone the pillars at night. The wisdom behind this is that these people experience the joy of the festival, because when they have stoned the pillars and the men have shaved or shortened their hair, and the women have shortened their hair, a person feels that he has completed the rites, and thus his festival is a true festival. There is no harm in delaying it until the end of the day, or until night, or until Fajr.