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Questions & Answers

Hajj

What kind of valid excuse would make it permissible to not spend the night in Mina without incurring sin?

If one or more of the following problems exist:

(1) If there is a fear of loss of property.

(2) If one feels that one’s life is not safe.

(3) If one has an illness such that spending the night in Mina may aggravate one’s suffering.

(4) Or if one is accompanied by a patient whose care requires staying outside Mina.

(5) If one is employed under someone and fears losing the job for disobeying their instructions, or if there is any similar Shar‘i excuse.