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Resolution No.(186): "The Time For Stoning the Jamarat During Hajj"

Date Added : 17-11-2015

 

Resolution  No.(186) (2/2013) by The Board of Iftaa`, Research and Islamic Studies:

"The Time For Stoning the Jamarat During Hajj"

Date: (26/3/1434 A.H); (7/2/2013 A.D).

 

All praise is due to Allah, peace and blessings be upon Prophet Mohammad and upon all his family and companions.

On the above date, the Board reviewed the issue pertaining to the time for stoning  the Jamarat during Hajj.

After careful study and deliberation, the Board decided what follows:

There is no harm in stoning Jamrat Al-Aqba on the Day of Slaughter after midnight since the Shafites and the Hanbalites permitted that based on the narration of Asma`a: “During the night of Jam', Asma' got down at Al-Muzdalifa and stood up for (offering) the prayer and offered the prayer for some time and then asked: "O my son! Has the moon set?" I replied in the negative and she again prayed for another period and then asked: "Has the moon set?" I replied: "Yes." So she said that we should set out (for Mina), and we departed and went on till she threw pebbles at the Jamra (Jamrat-al-Aqaba) and then she returned to her dwelling place and offered the morning prayer. I asked her: "O you! I think we have come (to Mina) early in the night." She replied: "O my son! Allah's Apostle gave permission to the women to do so.” {Bukhari}.

The time for stoning the Jamarat on the Days of Tashreeq starts after Zawaal (i.e. the beginning of the time of Thuhr when the sun passes the meridian), based on the opinion of the majority of Muslim scholars. The evidence on this is the narration of Ibn Abbas: “The Messenger of Allah used to throw the Jamarat after the sun declined.”{At-Tirmizi in  a sound narration}. Ibn Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) narrated: “We used to wait till the sun declined and then we would do the Rami (i.e. on the 11th and 12th of Dhul-Hijja.” {Bukhari}.

If the pilgrim feared harm and hardship due to crowdedness and the huge number of pilgrims, or was bound by the departure of his Hajj campaign on the Day of An-Nafir (departure from Mina), which is the second of the days of Tashreeq [i.e. 12th of Thul-Hijjah] and the like, then he is permitted to stone the Jamarat before the Zawaal, based on the opinion of Ibn Abbass, Tawoos, Imam Abu-Haneefa, and Al-Rafi-A Shafite scholar- as concluded from the narration of Abdullah Bin Amro Bin Al-Ass: “So on that day, when the Prophet was asked about anything as regards the ceremonies of Hajj performed before or after its due time his reply was: "Do it (now) and there is no harm." {Bukhari&Muslim}.

A pilgrim wishing to take advantage of the above concession should start throwing the Jamarat after dawn, as stipulated by the scholars giving that concession. As regards starting the stoning from midnight of the following day, we found no concession for that in the established opinions of the Muslim scholars. It is imperative that every Muslim abides by the opinions of the four Muslim Jurists to be on the safe side as far as acts of worship are concerned since, nowadays, stoning the Jamarat after the Zawaal is done with ease and at the pilgrims` own convenience. And Allah Knows Best.

 

Head of the Iftaa` Board, The Grand Mufti of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, His Grace Sheikh Abdulkareem Al-Khasawneh.

Prof. Abduln`nassir Abu Al Bass`al/ Member

His Eminence, Sheikh Sa`ied Hijjawi/ Member

Pro. Mohammad Al-Qhodat/ Member

Dr. Yahia Al-Botoosh/ Member

Dr. Wasif Al-Bakhri

Dr. Mohammad Al-Khalayleh/ Member

Dr. Mohammad Khair Al-Essa/ Member

Dr.Mohammad Al-Zou`bi/ Member

 

 

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Summarized Fatawaa

What is the ruling on making up missed fasts from many years?

A Muslim must make up for any missed fasts, as they are a debt owed to Allah. The Prophet ﷺ said:
"The debt owed to Allah is more deserving of being fulfilled." [Narrated by Muslim]
Whoever has missed fasts must make them up as long as they are alive and capable of fasting.

Is it permissible for a woman to give the ransom (Fidyah) for breaking her fast to her granddaughter (her son`s daughter)?

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon our Master, the Messenger of Allah.
 
It is permissible for a woman to give the ransom (Fidya) for breaking her fast in Ramadan to her granddaughter (her son’s daughter), provided that the girl is poor and her basic needs are not being met by the maintenance (Nafaqah) of those who are lislamically obligated to provide for her. And Allah the Exalted knows best.

What is the ruling on forgetting an integral of the prayer?

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon our Master, the Messenger of Allah.
 
Whoever forgets an integral (Rukn) of the prayer and remembers it before reaching the equivalent point in the subsequent unit (Rak'ah), must return to it (i.e., perform it) and complete his prayer, then perform the prostration of forgetfulness (Sujud al-Sahw) at the end of his prayer. However, if he remembers it after reaching the equivalent point in the subsequent unit, the Rak'ah in which the integral was forgotten is invalidated, and the current unit takes its place; he then completes a full Rak'ah to compensate and performs the prostration of forgetfulness.
 
It is stated in Nihayat al-Muhtaj ila Sharh al-Minhaj (Vol.1/P.543): 'If he becomes certain at the end of his prayer, or after the Salam—provided the interval is not long according to custom and he has not stepped on an impurity—that he omitted a prostration from the final Rak'ah, he must perform it and repeat the Tashahhud, as his previous Tashahhud occurred before its proper place. If the omission was from a Rak'ah other than the final one, he must perform a full Rak'ah, because the deficient unit was completed by a prostration from the subsequent one, rendering the rest of that subsequent unit void.' And Allah the Exalted knows best.

Is it permissible to eat from an Udhiyah slaughtered on behalf of a deceased person?

Praise be to Allah, and prayers and peace be upon our Master the Messenger of Allah.
 
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