and they must also stand there during the night. If a person neglects to do so until dawn has broken, he has missed the standing, and by missing it he forfeits the entire pilgrimage. Whoever fails to stand there by day after the sun has passed the meridian but does manage to stand at night must offer a compensatory sacrifice, provided he was capable of standing; if he is a minor who is excused, nothing is required of him.
Once the imam and the people are certain that the sun has set at ʿArafah, the imam leads them on to Muzdalifah—also known as al-Mashʿar al-Ḥarām and Jamʿ, all of which refer to the same place. He moves with the people at a steady, moderate pace, and if someone finds an opening he may quicken slightly beyond that until they reach Muzdalifah.
There the imam and the pilgrims perform the sunset and night prayers together, as previously described, giving an adhan and an iqamah for each prayer. This is the position of Mālik, and we have already set out the divergent views in al-Tamḥīd.
Anyone who does not leave ʿArafah with the imam should pray Maghrib at its appointed time and ʿIshāʾ at its appointed time. Yet if he continues on to Muzdalifah and combines the two prayers there on his own, he is not at fault, for he is travelling and because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The prayer is ahead of you.” For that reason we permit delaying the prayer until one reaches Muzdalifah and forbid performing it beforehand; the first opinion, however, is Mālik’s.
After that he spends the night in Muzdalifah until dawn; whoever fails to do so must slaughter a compensatory animal. If he remains there for most of the night, nothing is due, for, in Mālik’s view and that of his companions, spending the night of the Sacrifice in Muzdalifah is an emphatically recommended sunnah, not an obligation. All the pilgrims stay there for the whole night, though the weak are allowed to leave before daybreak.
Whoever reaches Muzdalifah but does not dismount there must sacrifice a camel. Whoever arrives before dawn and then departs for Minā before sunrise incurs no penalty. Anyone who passes Muzdalifah after sunrise does not stop. Whoever stays behind in Muzdalifah—whether he has an excuse or not—until sunset of the Day of Sacrifice must offer a sacrificial animal.
From Muzdalifah the people also pick up pebbles.