Ruling on the departure of the companions of the weak from Muzdalifah in the latter half of the night
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This is also a message from the listener (Sh. M. Sh.) who says in his message: Peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings, and after that:
We performed Hajj as a large group of pilgrims, and we had a car with six women, two children, and one man in it, while the rest were young men in the other cars. After the night of Muzdalifah had passed its midpoint, the head of the family wanted to descend to Makkah to perform the Tawaf al-Ifadah, and the young men insisted on descending with him. Is it permissible for them to descend or not?
Answer: If the pilgrim is with women, they have the dispensation to depart from Muzdalifah in the latter half of the night of the Day of Sacrifice; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted the weak among his family the dispensation to depart from it at night, and this is established from him (peace and blessings be upon him). And what appears: that their companions are like them, so the men who are with the women, the ones responsible for them, and the companions who are with them, what appears: that they are one thing. So if the weak are permitted to depart, then those with them are also permitted to depart. As for the strong ones who are not with women, the Sunnah for them is to remain until they pray Fajr, and to stand after the prayer remembering, proclaiming the greatness of Allah, and glorifying Allah until they see the light of dawn, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did. And as for those weak ones, their companions have the same ruling as them. This is the stronger and closer position. Yes.
The presenter: This is if they cannot separate from them?
The Shaykh: As long as they are a group in one car. Yes.
The presenter: No, they are in more than one car.
The Shaykh: As for if every group is in a separate car, the Sunnah for the strong ones is to remain until they complete the night, and until they pray Fajr, and to stand with the people after the Fajr prayer remembering, glorifying Allah, proclaiming the greatness of Allah, and supplicating until they see the light of dawn; this is the Sunnah. Unlike if they are in one car that gathers men, women, young people, and old people; then their path is one, and there is no harm—Allah willing—in their all departing and going to Mina at the end of the night, and stoning the pillars, and going to Makkah; all of this has no harm in it, Allah willing; because the weak one is followed by the strong one who is in his company or in charge of his affairs. Yes.
We performed Hajj as a large group of pilgrims, and we had a car with six women, two children, and one man in it, while the rest were young men in the other cars. After the night of Muzdalifah had passed its midpoint, the head of the family wanted to descend to Makkah to perform the Tawaf al-Ifadah, and the young men insisted on descending with him. Is it permissible for them to descend or not?
Answer: If the pilgrim is with women, they have the dispensation to depart from Muzdalifah in the latter half of the night of the Day of Sacrifice; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted the weak among his family the dispensation to depart from it at night, and this is established from him (peace and blessings be upon him). And what appears: that their companions are like them, so the men who are with the women, the ones responsible for them, and the companions who are with them, what appears: that they are one thing. So if the weak are permitted to depart, then those with them are also permitted to depart. As for the strong ones who are not with women, the Sunnah for them is to remain until they pray Fajr, and to stand after the prayer remembering, proclaiming the greatness of Allah, and glorifying Allah until they see the light of dawn, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did. And as for those weak ones, their companions have the same ruling as them. This is the stronger and closer position. Yes.
The presenter: This is if they cannot separate from them?
The Shaykh: As long as they are a group in one car. Yes.
The presenter: No, they are in more than one car.
The Shaykh: As for if every group is in a separate car, the Sunnah for the strong ones is to remain until they complete the night, and until they pray Fajr, and to stand with the people after the Fajr prayer remembering, glorifying Allah, proclaiming the greatness of Allah, and supplicating until they see the light of dawn; this is the Sunnah. Unlike if they are in one car that gathers men, women, young people, and old people; then their path is one, and there is no harm—Allah willing—in their all departing and going to Mina at the end of the night, and stoning the pillars, and going to Makkah; all of this has no harm in it, Allah willing; because the weak one is followed by the strong one who is in his company or in charge of his affairs. Yes.
Source
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