Benefits of the Hadith: (… I was walking with 'Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud in Mina).

The Shaykh : His statement "in Mina"—does it mean he had performed the first and second exits from the state of consecration? The answer is that this is the apparent meaning, because in that era it was easy for a person to throw the pebbles, slaughter the sacrificial animal, shave his head, perform the circumambulation, and walk between al-Safa and al-Marwah. So it is understood that he had performed the second exit from the state of consecration. In the second exit, it is permissible to propose to women and to conclude the marriage contract, and even to have sexual intercourse. If he had not performed the second exit and had only performed the first exit, then sexual intercourse is forbidden without doubt, based on his statement: As for proposing to women and concluding the marriage contract, there is a difference of opinion among the scholars; some said it is permissible, and some said it is prohibited. The better opinion is to say it is prohibited. However, if the act has already occurred and it is difficult to undo it, then it is said that the ruling that it is permissible is acceptable. I think this is the choice of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him), that after the first exit from the state of consecration, only sexual intercourse is forbidden, while concluding the marriage contract is acceptable. In any case, the matter is easy; even on the opinion that it is not valid, the matter is easy. What do we do? We renew the contract and everything is settled. And if it happens that children were born during this period, the children are legitimate because they resulted from intercourse based on a doubtful matter, and a child from intercourse based on a doubtful matter is attributed to his father. Yes.