Departing from Minaa after just two days of stoning the jamaraat

Departing from Minaa after just two days of stoning the jamaraat

Reference: Duroos wa Fataawa al-Hajj – Volume 1, Page 15, No.17

Question: Is it permissible to hasten one’s departure from Minaa after just two days of stoning the jamaraat, due to work-related reasons?

Response: It is permissible to hasten one’s departure [from Minaa] after [just] two days [of stoning the jamaraat] – and they are the 11th and 12th [days of Dhul-Hijjah]; so once he has stoned the jamaraat after Zhuhr on the 12th day, it is permissible for him to depart from Minaa [with the condition that he do so] before sunset, and [proceed to Makkah to] perform the farewell tawaaf – and Thereafter he can travel [back home]. [I say this], because some people are under the impression that the day of ‘Eed [al-Adh.haa] is to be included within these two days – and as a result, they depart from Minaa on the 11th day – and this is wrong.


Translation originally published on 27 September, 2014.

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.