What is the ruling on stoning the pillars before the sun reaches its zenith?
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The questioner : May Allah forgive you, O honorable Shaykh. Two men and two women stoned the pillars on the twelfth day after the Fajr prayer, and they said: "We were issued a fatwa permitting that." What is your opinion?
The Shaykh : Did they consult someone they trust in his knowledge? The sin lies with the one who issued them the fatwa, if there is a sin, because it is not permissible to stone on the twelfth day before the sun reaches its zenith, nor on the eleventh day, nor on the thirteenth day. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would wait for the sun to reach its zenith, and from the time it reached the zenith, he would stone before praying the Zuhr prayer. This indicates that he (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) waited for the zenith with intense anticipation. If it had been permissible to stone before the zenith, he would have stoned at the beginning of the day, as that would have been easier for him and his Ummah. Or he would have granted a dispensation to the weak, as he granted them a dispensation in stoning the Jamrat al-Aqabah.
The correct view is that it is not permissible, even if some of the Tabi'un or those after the Tabi'un said otherwise. However, the reference is to the Book and the Sunnah. The one who stones before the zenith, relying on a person he trusts in his knowledge, owes nothing, for this is what he was obligated to do[An-Nahl 16:43]. But if his intention was to follow dispensations, then he bears the sin, and he owes a fidyah (ransom payment) to be slaughtered in Makkah and distributed to the poor. And it appears, and Allah knows best, that such people intend to follow dispensations, because some scholars are more knowledgeable than the one who issued them the fatwa, saying: "It is not permissible." It is not possible that the entire Ummah, except for one or two—'Ata ibn Abi Rabah, and the second and third—would agree that it is not permissible before the zenith, and we follow one out of millions of millions.
The questioner : Your Eminence, the Shaykh.
The questioner : The important point is: if their intention was to follow dispensations, then they owe the fidyah along with the sin, and they must repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). But if they do not trust his knowledge and say, "No, this is a scholar and is trustworthy," then they owe nothing. Yes.
The Shaykh : Did they consult someone they trust in his knowledge? The sin lies with the one who issued them the fatwa, if there is a sin, because it is not permissible to stone on the twelfth day before the sun reaches its zenith, nor on the eleventh day, nor on the thirteenth day. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would wait for the sun to reach its zenith, and from the time it reached the zenith, he would stone before praying the Zuhr prayer. This indicates that he (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) waited for the zenith with intense anticipation. If it had been permissible to stone before the zenith, he would have stoned at the beginning of the day, as that would have been easier for him and his Ummah. Or he would have granted a dispensation to the weak, as he granted them a dispensation in stoning the Jamrat al-Aqabah.
The correct view is that it is not permissible, even if some of the Tabi'un or those after the Tabi'un said otherwise. However, the reference is to the Book and the Sunnah. The one who stones before the zenith, relying on a person he trusts in his knowledge, owes nothing, for this is what he was obligated to do
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لا تَعْلَمُونَThe questioner : Your Eminence, the Shaykh.
The questioner : The important point is: if their intention was to follow dispensations, then they owe the fidyah along with the sin, and they must repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). But if they do not trust his knowledge and say, "No, this is a scholar and is trustworthy," then they owe nothing. Yes.