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The Days of Tashriq: Mina and the Three Jamarat
The 11th, 12th and 13th of Dhul-Hijjah are the days of tashriq. The pilgrims return to Mina and spend their nights there; the Prophet ﷺ gave his uncle al-'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) permission to spend those nights in Makkah because he provided water for the pilgrims. Allah says: ﴿وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فِىٓ أَيَّامٍ مَّعْدُودَٰتٍ﴾ (“And remember Allah during the numbered days.”)
Each day, after the sun has passed its zenith, stone all three jamarat in order, seven pebbles each, saying "Allahu akbar" with every throw: first the small jamrah nearest Masjid al-Khayf, then the middle one, then Jamrat al-'Aqabah. After the first and the second, the Prophet ﷺ moved forward, faced the qiblah and supplicated at length with raised hands; after the third he left without stopping.
A pilgrim may leave Mina after stoning on the 12th, or stay and stone on the 13th as well. Allah says: ﴿فَمَن تَعَجَّلَ فِى يَوْمَيْنِ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ وَمَن تَأَخَّرَ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ﴾ (“Whoever hastens in two days, there is no sin on him, and whoever delays, there is no sin on him.”)
اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Allahu akbar
Allah is the Greatest.
The four schools differ on some details. Show them
Each school's ruling, with the schools that share it named together.
Is spending the nights of tashriq at Mina obligatory?
3 of 4 schools agree. Differing: Hanafi.
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- SunnahHanafi
- Obligatory (wajib)Maliki · Shafi'i · Hanbali
- Hanafi
- Spending the nights at Mina is a sunnah; one who spends them elsewhere has done something disliked but owes nothing.
- Maliki
- Spending the nights at Mina is obligatory, and missing a night, or most of one, calls for a sacrifice.
- Shafi'i
- In the relied-upon view spending the nights at Mina is obligatory, which is why al-'Abbas needed permission to stay away.
- Hanbali
- Spending the nights at Mina is one of the obligations of hajj, excused only for those with a need, such as those providing water and herders.
For one who hastens, by when must they leave Mina?
3 of 4 schools agree. Differing: Hanafi.
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- Before dawn on the 13thHanafi
- Before sunset on the 12thMaliki · Shafi'i · Hanbali
- Hanafi
- He may leave until dawn of the 13th, though leaving after sunset is disliked; if dawn finds him in Mina, he must stone that day.
- Maliki
- If the sun sets on him while he is still in Mina, he must stay the night and stone on the 13th.
- Shafi'i
- If the sun sets while he is still in Mina, the night there and the stoning of the 13th become binding on him.
- Hanbali
- The verse permits hastening within two days, so once the sun sets on the second day he stays and stones on the 13th.
- Qur'an 2:203
- Sahih al-Bukhari 1634 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih Muslim 1315Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih Muslim 1299Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih al-Bukhari 1746 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih al-Bukhari 1751 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih al-Bukhari 1753 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Jami' al-Tirmidhi 889 Graded by Ahmad Muhammad Shakir: Sahih · Al-Albani: Sahih · Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad SahihSahih
What the hadith grades mean
- Sahih (authentic): an unbroken chain of trustworthy, precise narrators, free of hidden flaws or contradiction. It is acted upon.
- Hasan (good): like sahih, but a narrator's precision is slightly lighter. It is also accepted and acted upon. "Hasan sahih" means it reaches sahih by its routes.
- Da'if (weak): a break in the chain or a narrator who is not reliable enough. It is not used to establish beliefs or rulings.
- Very weak (munkar, matruk): a seriously flawed chain or a narrator accused of lying. It is not relied on at all.
- Mawdu' (fabricated): falsely attributed to the Prophet ﷺ. It may not be narrated as his words except to warn against it.
- The two Sahihs: every hadith with a full chain in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim is accepted as sahih by the scholars of hadith.
- Historical report: biographies and histories (Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabari) record events with chains that are often incomplete. They are used for the story, not for rulings.
- Hadith scholars grade a narration; the four madhhabs do not. Where a hadith carries a ruling, the page shows which schools act on it.
The positions of the four schools are summarised from their standard references and are pending review by a qualified scholar. Follow the school you were taught, and for your own situation, ask a scholar.
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