Benefits of the hadith of 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with both of them) that he used to send his weak family members ahead so that they would stand at al-Mash'ar al-Haram in Muzdalifah at night.

The Shaykh : And in this hadith is clear evidence that whoever is permitted to move ahead from Muzdalifah to Mina, he may throw the pebbles whenever he arrives, even if he arrives an hour before Fajr. And for this reason, he said in this hadith, "Return to it": some of them arrive in Mina for the Fajr prayer, and some arrive after that, for the Fajr prayer: meaning the time of the Fajr prayer. So when they arrive, they throw. As for the statement of some scholars that when they arrive, they do not throw until the sun rises, that is weak, and the hadith is weak. The correct view is that whoever arrives in Mina from those who are granted a dispensation to move ahead, he throws whenever he arrives. Otherwise, what is the benefit of moving ahead? The benefit is slight. Also, throwing the Jamarat al-'Aqabah is a greeting to Mina, and for this reason the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) threw it while on his mount before going to his tent. And in the statement of Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with both of them): there is evidence that this is marfu' (traced to the Prophet), that the weak among the family are sent ahead at night. In the present time, in reality, you could say that almost everyone is weak, because there is severe hardship that did not occur in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) from several aspects: First, the large number of pilgrims. Second, the oppression and violence of the pilgrims. Third, the difference in languages, because if someone crowds you who does not speak your language, and you shout, "Save me, save me," he thinks you are cursing him because he does not know your language, so he pushes you harder, while you are trying to be saved by him. In the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), everyone was Arab and understood. Also, they believed that they were throwing the devils, and one of them would say, "I threw the big devil," the second would say, "I threw the small devil," and the third would say, "I threw the middle devil." It is narrated that a Bedouin took twenty-one pebbles on the eleventh day and threw them all with one hand at the Jamarat al-'Aqabah, and said to him, "Take them and share them with your family." To this extent?! Meaning, it is great ignorance. If he believes that he is throwing the devil, he will have severe violence. And we hear that some of them, and may Allah protect us, when they face the pillar, they curse and swear, and say, "You are the one who separated me from my wife, you are the one who made my life difficult," and then they hit. And as you see, they hit with sandals, large stones, and umbrellas. This is strange. I saw with my own eyes, before these bridges were built, a man and a woman—I do not know if she was his wife or not—sitting on the pebbles at the Jamarat al-'Aqabah, and the people were throwing and hitting the man and the woman, and they had two shoes, hitting the pillar. They were hitting the pillar, and the people were hitting them with pebbles. It is as if they are saying, "Are you not just a finger that bled, and in the path of Allah you did not encounter [harm]?" I am amazed at their patience with the pebbles. For these reasons, we see that people now are excused if they leave before Fajr. As for the one who is weak, this is the Sunnah. And as for the one who is not weak, he is following a weak person, or he himself sees that if he goes before the time and throws with tranquility, takbir, and magnification of the rituals, it is better than him entering the midst of the crowd, not knowing if he will get out or die.