LessonsBook of Hajj: Return to Mina, Stoning the Three Jamarahs, and Days of TashriqQuiz

For an early departure, the practical standard is to complete the 12th's stoning and leave Mina before sunset. Hanafi commentaries discuss the separate effects of remaining past sunset versus leaving before the next dawn.

That elaboration comes from later Hanafi scholarship; this Al-Quduri sentence itself only says fa-idhā arāda an yataʿajjala al-nafr. Contemporary pilgrimage movement schedules also must be respected.

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Early departure and the sunset boundary

Book of Hajj: Return to Mina, Stoning the Three Jamarahs, and Days of Tashriq

For an early departure, the practical standard is to complete the 12th's stoning and leave Mina before sunset. Hanafi commentaries discuss the separate effects of remaining past sunset versus leaving before the next dawn.

That elaboration comes from later Hanafi scholarship; this Al-Quduri sentence itself only says fa-idhā arāda an yataʿajjala al-nafr. Contemporary pilgrimage movement schedules also must be respected.