What is the correct time for the tawaf of ifadhah and the stoning of the pillars?

Question:
What is the best time for the tawaf of ifadhah? And does the act of exiting the state of ihram (tahallul) become valid on the Day of Sacrifice if the pilgrim delays the tawaf until the second day?

Answer:
The tawaf of ifadhah begins after the sunrise according to the scholars. As for the weak among the elderly and women, it begins after the middle of the night according to a group of scholars; because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) granted a dispensation to the weak, so they may stone the pillars in the latter half of the night of the Day of Sacrifice, and likewise their followers and those with them, according to the correct view.
As for the strong, the recommended practice (sunnah) is for their stoning to be after the sunrise; due to the hadith: , and although there is discussion and weakness in it, but because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stoned after the sunrise, following his example is the recommended practice. And whoever stones before that in the latter half of the night, that suffices him according to the correct view, especially if he is among the weak, the elderly, the old women, the aged, and the like.
And if this hadith were authentic: , then combining it with what came in the hadiths regarding the weak: that this is a matter of preference; stoning after the sunrise is better, and if one stones before that in the latter half of the night, that suffices.
And as for the hadith, it is not relied upon; because there is a break in its chain of narration, and because it has another narration that the young boys stoned at the time of Fajr.
So the conclusion is that it is a hadith with weakness in it, and a break in it. And if it were authentic, it would be understood as being for preference, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did, for he stoned in the late morning (duha), peace and blessings be upon him. And it is established that Umm Salama stoned before Fajr—and it is an authentic hadith—with his permission, peace and blessings be upon him. And Asma bint Abi Bakr, when she set out after the moon had disappeared and she stoned the pillar, said: "The Messenger of Allah permitted the traveling women," meaning the women. It was narrated by Muslim. This is the basis in this chapter.
Then also another matter, which is the facilitation and easing that came in the Shari'ah. And Allah the Exalted says: [al-Baqarah: 185], and He says: : [al-Hajj: 78], and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says: . And a man asked him and said: O Messenger of Allah, I exited the state of ihram before I stoned. He said: , exiting the state of ihram before stoning. He said: . And this exiting the state of ihram could have occurred in the last part of the night, in the latter half at Fajr; because stoning is prescribed after the sunrise. So the one who exited the state of ihram before he stoned and did not ask the Prophet and he did not ask him for details; it is possible that his exiting the state of ihram was at the dawn, or during the night in the latter half. So if this were prohibited, he would have asked him for details and said to him: Did you exit the state of ihram before the sunrise or not?
So the conclusion is that this is evidence that there is leeway in the matter, and praise be to Allah.