of the hardship and restriction caused by the crowds during those days, and Allah knows best. If the deputy is at the same time performing his own obligatory Hajj, he must first stone each jamrah on his own behalf and only afterwards stone on behalf of the one who appointed him.

Once the three jamarāt have been stoned on the twelfth of Dhū al-Ḥijjah, the pilgrim has a choice: if he wishes, he may hasten his departure and leave Minā before sunset; or, if he wishes, he may remain, spend the night there, and stone the three jamarāt after the sun has passed the zenith on the thirteenth day. The latter is preferable, for Allah the Most High says: “Whoever hastens to depart after two days, there is no sin upon him; and whoever delays, there is no sin upon him—for the one who fears Allah.” ⦗Qur’an 2:203⦘

Should the sun set on him before he has set out from Minā, he is obliged to stay, spend the night, and perform the stoning on the thirteenth, because Allah says: “Whoever hastens to depart after two days,” and “day” refers to daylight; once night has entered, he has not departed within two days.

If a woman menstruates or experiences post-partum bleeding before entering iḥrām and then assumes iḥrām, or she begins her Hajj in a state of purity and the bleeding starts while she is muḥrimah, she remains in iḥrām. She performs everything the pilgrim performs—standing at ʿArafah, spending the night in Muzdalifah, stoning the jamarāt, and staying overnight in Minā—except that she does not perform ṭawāf (circumambulation) of the House or the sa‘i (running between Ṣafā and Marwah) until she becomes pure from her menses or post-partum bleeding.

However, if she completed ṭawāf while pure and her menses began immediately afterwards, she may still perform the sa‘i between Ṣafā and Marwah; menstruation does not prevent the sa‘i, because ritual purity is not a condition for it.