and in further imitation of their Prophet’s practice, peace and blessings be upon him. End quote.

Imam al-Shawkani said in Nayl al-Awtar (5/70): “The evidences indicate that the prescribed time for stoning is after sunrise for those who have no concession, whereas those who do—such as women and other weak persons—may stone before that.” End quote.

Imam al-Nawawi stated in al-Majmuʿ (8/125): “Al-Shafiʿi and the Shafiʿi jurists said: The sunnah is to send the weak—women and others—from Muzdalifah to Mina after midnight and before dawn so that they may stone Jamrat al-ʿAqabah before the crowds gather.” He then cited the hadiths that substantiate this.

[The woman shortens her hair for Hajj and ʿUmrah by the length of a fingertip]

13 – When a woman performs Hajj or ʿumrah she trims the ends of her hair by roughly a fingertip’s length; shaving the head is not permissible for her. The fingertip (anmulah) is the very tip of the finger at its upper joint.

Al-Mughnī (5/310) states: “What is legislated for a woman is trimming, not shaving, and there is no disagreement on this point. Ibn al-Mundhir said, ‘The scholars are unanimously agreed on this, because shaving would be a form of disfigurement for them.’ Ibn ʿAbbās narrated that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: ‘Women are not required to shave; what is required of women is trimming.’ (1) ʿAlī also reported that ‘The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade a woman to shave…’”