Departure from Mina the First and the Last

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّا نُرِيدُ أَنْ نَتَعَجَّلَ السَّيْرَ وَ كَانَتْ لَيْلَةُ النَّفْرِ حِينَ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَيَّ سَاعَةٍ نَنْفِرُ فَقَالَ لِي أَمَّا الْيَوْمَ الثَّانِيَ فَلَا تَنْفِرْ حَتَّى تَزُولَ الشَّمْسُ وَ كَانَتْ لَيْلَةُ النَّفْرِ وَ أَمَّا الْيَوْمَ الثَّالِثَ فَإِذَا ابْيَضَّتِ الشَّمْسُ فَانْفِرْ عَلَى بَرَكَةِ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ‌ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ يَقُولُ- فَمَنْ تَعَجَّلَ فِي يَوْمَيْ

“I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about departure and it was the night of departure. We like to be quick. What time should we depart? He (the Imam) said, ’You must not depart on the second day before Zawal (declining of the sun toward the west at noontime), it was the night of departure. On the third day when the s

سَأَلْتُهُ‌[1] أَ يُقَدِّمُ الرَّجُلُ رَحْلَهُ وَ ثَقَلَهُ قَبْلَ النَّفْرِ فَقَالَ لَا أَ مَا يَخَافُ الَّذِي يُقَدِّمُ ثَقَلَهُ أَنْ يَحْبِسَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى قَالَ وَ لَكِنْ يُخَلِّفُ مِنْهُ مَا شَاءَ لَا يَدْخُلُ مَكَّةَ قُلْتُ أَ فَأَتَعَجَّلُ مِنَ النِّسْيَانِ أَقْضِي مَنَاسِكِي وَ أَنَا أُبَادِرُ بِهِ إِهْلَالًا وَ إِحْلَالًا قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ.

“I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), if a man can send his luggage and traveling materials ahead before his departure. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, is he, who sends his luggage and so on ahead, not afraid that Allah, most High, can hold him back. However, he may keep back whatever he wants from entering Makkah.’ I then ask

إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَنْفِرَ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ فَلَيْسَ لَكَ أَنْ تَنْفِرَ حَتَّى تَزُولَ الشَّمْسُ وَ إِنْ تَأَخَّرْتَ إِلَى آخِرِ أَيَّامِ التَّشْرِيقِ وَ هُوَ يَوْمُ النَّفْرِ الْأَخِيرِ فَلَا عَلَيْكَ أَيَّ سَاعَةٍ نَفَرْتَ وَ رَمَيْتَ قَبْلَ الزَّوَالِ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ فَإِذَا نَفَرْتَ وَ انْتَهَيْتَ إِلَى الْحَصْبَةِ وَ هِيَ الْبَطْحَاءُ فَشِئْتَ أَنْ تَنْزِلَ قَلِيلًا فَإِنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ كَانَ أَبِي

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If you like to depart in the first two days, you cannot depart before Zawal (declining of the sun toward the west at noontime). If you delay until the last days of tashriq, which is the day of departure, then it does not matter in whatever hour you depart or throw pebbles, before or a

مَنْ تَعَجَّلَ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ فَلَا يَنْفِرْ حَتَّى تَزُولَ الشَّمْسُ فَإِنْ أَدْرَكَهُ الْمَسَاءُ بَاتَ وَ لَمْ يَنْفِرْ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Whoever departs earlier in the second day he cannot do so before Zawal (declining of the sun toward the west at noontime), and if it becomes evening he must stay for the night, instead of departing.”

يُصَلِّي الْإِمَامُ‌[1] الظُّهْرَ- يَوْمَ النَّفْرِ بِمَكَّةَ

‘The Imam must perform Salat (prayer) of al-Zuhr on the day of departure.’”

لَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْفِرَ الرَّجُلُ فِي النَّفْرِ الْأَوَّلِ ثُمَّ يُقِيمُ بِمَكَّةَ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘It is not harmful to depart in the first chance for departure, then stay in Makkah.’”

إِذَا نَفَرْتَ فِي النَّفْرِ الْأَوَّلِ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تُقِيمَ بِمَكَّةَ وَ تَبِيتَ بِهَا فَلَا بَأْسَ بِذَلِكَ قَالَ وَ قَالَ إِذَا جَاءَ اللَّيْلُ بَعْدَ النَّفْرِ الْأَوَّلِ فَبِتْ بِمِنًى وَ لَيْسَ لَكَ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ مِنْهَا حَتَّى تُصْبِحَ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If you like to depart during the first chance for departure to stay in Makkah it is not harmful.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘When night falls after the first chance for departure then you must stay in Mina’; you cannot go out until morning.”’

كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ‌[2] إِنَّ أَصْحَابَنَا قَدِ اخْتَلَفُوا عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِنَّ النَّفْرَ يَوْمَ الْأَخِيرِ بَعْدَ الزَّوَالِ أَفْضَلُ وَ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ قَبْلَ الزَّوَالِ فَكَتَبَ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ وَ الْعَصْرَ بِمَكَّةَ وَ لَا يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ نَفَرَ قَبْلَ الزَّوَالِ.

‘Did you not know that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, performed Salat (prayer) of al-Zuhr and al-‘Asr in Makkah? This could not have happened without his departing before Zawal.’”

كَانَ أَبِي يَقُولُ‌ لَوْ كَانَ لِي طَرِيقٌ إِلَى مَنْزِلِي مِنْ مِنًى مَا دَخَلْتُ مَكَّةَ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘My father (a.s.), would say, “Had there been a road to my home from Mina’ I would not enter Makkah.’””

سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ أَبِي بَعْدَ مُنْصَرَفِهِ مِنَ الْمَوْقِفِ فَقَالَ أَ تَرَى يُخَيِّبُ اللَّهُ هَذَا الْخَلْقَ كُلَّهُ فَقَالَ أَبِي مَا وَقَفَ بِهَذَا الْمَوْقِفِ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مُؤْمِناً كَانَ أَوْ كَافِراً إِلَّا أَنَّهُمْ فِي مَغْفِرَتِهِمْ عَلَى ثَلَاثِ مَنَازِلَ مُؤْمِنٌ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَ مَا تَأَخَّرَ وَ أَعْتَقَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ

“Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.), has said that a man once asked my father after returning from al- Mawqaf, ‘Do you think Allah will leave all these creatures in hopeless condition?’ My father said, ‘Whoever stays in this station, Allah forgives them, regardless of their being believers or unbelievers. However, forgiveness for th

مَنْ أَتَى النِّسَاءَ فِي إِحْرَامِهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ أَنْ يَنْفِرَ فِي النَّفْرِ الْأَوَّلِ وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى الصَّيْدُ أَيْضاً

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Whoever, engages women in the state of Ihram cannot depart during the first chance for departure.’ According to another Hadith it applies to hunting also.”

كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بِمِنًى لَيْلَةً مِنَ اللَّيَالِي فَقَالَ مَا يَقُولُ هَؤُلَاءِ[1] فِي- فَمَنْ تَعَجَّلَ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ فَلا إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ وَ مَنْ تَأَخَّرَ فَلا إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ‌ قُلْنَا مَا نَدْرِي قَالَ بَلَى يَقُولُونَ مَنْ تَعَجَّلَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ فَلَا إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ وَ مَنْ تَأَخَّرَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْحَضَرِ فَلَا إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ وَ لَيْسَ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ قَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤ

“During one of the nights we were with abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) in Mina’. He (the Imam) asked, ‘What do these people say about, “Those who depart in the second day for departure, there is no sin on them and those who delay, there is no sin on them?”’ (2:203) We replied, ‘We do not know.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Indeed, they s