Mālik (1) said: “I believe he said, ‘On the first of those two days’; then they throw the pebbles on the day of departure.”

Ibn ʿUyaynah said in his narration of this hadith: “He permitted the herders to throw the pebbles one day and skip another” (2).

Thus, the Sunnah permits both groups to omit spending the night in Minā. As for throwing the pebbles, they may not abandon it, but they may delay it until night and perform it then, or combine two days’ pebble-throwing in a single day. Since the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—granted this concession regarding overnight stays to those responsible for supplying water and to the herders, the obligation is likewise waived for anyone who fears losing his property, fears leaving a sick person in his care, or is himself ill and unable to spend the night there, by the text’s implied extension to these cases. And Allah knows best.

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He—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—did not hasten to depart after two days. Rather, he stayed until he had completed the pebble-throwing on all three days of Tashrīq. On Tuesday after midday, he proceeded to al-Muhassab, also known as al-Abtah and Khayf Banī Kinānah. He found that Abū Rāfiʿ, who was in charge of his baggage, had pitched his tent (3) there, guided by Allah, Mighty and Majestic, without having been instructed to do so by the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He prayed Zuhr, ʿAsr, Maghrib, and ʿIshāʾ there, and slept for a while (4). Then he set out for Mecca and performed the farewell circumambulation