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It is . n ~ct of the Su",oah (Prophetic Tr.dition) to spend the night atMuzdalifah .nd offer (he Fajr Prayer al its due time. After th.t, while slandingat MU1dalifah, a pilgrim keeps on supplicating Allah until the daylight spreads.Then, before sunrise, a pilgrim proceeds to Mina. As regards feeble I,ilgrims,such as old people, women, children and the like, "' well as those who takecar~ of them, they are allowed to head for Mina after midnight or when themoon disappears, instead of waiting (It Muzd.lifah until dawn. However,healthy pilgrims who do nO! have any weak people with them should notleave Mu?dalifah before offering the Flljr Prayer, and they should !tay untilthe daylight !prc3ds.Spending the night at Muroalifah is one of the duties of Hajj. A pilgrimwho entns Muzdalifah before midnight must not leave before dawn. As for apilgrim who arrives there after midnight, it is sufficient for him to spend anylength of time there. Stili, it is much be11er in the latter case to stay unt il dawn,offering the Fajr (Dawn) Prayer and following il with supplicating Allah. IbnQudamah stated in his book entitled 'AI-M"gh";' (the S"fficient);"There i, no I,arm m, tl,e one Wl10 arrivf5 at Muzdalifah in thesecond I'aif of rile "ighr, a"d rhe previOI'S n,ling ",IlW performiag them)."'So, leaving Muzdalifah (and heading for Mina) afler midnight is permissibleonly for those who have legal excuses, as indicated in h~diths .Afterwards, a pilgrim heads for Min. shortly before sunrise (of the tenthofDhul·Hijjah, i.e. the Day of Sac rifice), as 'Umar Ibnul·Khanab (may Allahbe pleasm with him) said,"The polytheists did not "se to depMt (from lam', i.e. M"zdalifah)u"fiI the 5un had rise", and they wed to say, 'Let rhe sun shine OIl