The Case of One Who Spends the Nights in Mina

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘You must not pass the nights of tashriq (11, 12 and 13) in any place other than Mina. If you pass these nights in other places, you owe an animal for offering. If you go out in the beginning of the night, you must return before midnight, unless you are busy with an act of hajj or you are taken out of Makkah. If you go out after midnight, then it is not harmful to pass the rest of the night in other places.’ I then asked about a man who visits (the House) during al-‘Isha’ and continues Tawaf, prayers and Sa‘y between al-Safa’ and al-Marwah until dawn. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not harmful; he was obeying the commandments of Allah.’”

“This is about a man who visits the House and sleeps on the way. He (the Imam) (a.s.), has said, ‘If he passes the night in Makkah, he owes one animal for offering, but if he is out of Makkah, then it is not harmful even if it becomes dawn before reaching Mina’.’” In another Hadith from abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who sleeps near Mina’, has said, ‘If he crosses ‘Aqabah al-Madaniyin, then it is not harmful if he sleeps.’