Hadith 7410

Yahya related to me from Malik thatYahya ibn Said heardAta ibn Abi Rabah mentioning that the camel-herders were allowed tothrow the stones at night, and saying that this was in the earlyperiod (of Islam).Malik said, "The explanation of the hadithwhere the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,allowed the camel-herders to delay the stoning of the jamras is, inour view, and Allah knows best, that they threw stones on the day ofsacrifice, and then threw again two days later, which was the firstpossible day for leaving, and this throwing was for the day which hadpassed. They then threw again for the day itself, because it is onlypossible for someone to make up for something which is obligatory forhim, and when something obligatory passes someone by (without himdoing it) he must necessarily make it up afterwards (and notbeforehand). So (in the case of the camel-herders), if it seemedappropriate for them to leave that day, they would have done all thatthey were supposed to do, and if they were to stay until the followingday, they would throw stones with everybody else on the second andlast day for leaving, and then leave."