“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘You must not pass the nights of tashriq (11, 12 and 13) in any place other than Mina. If you pass these nights in other places, you owe an animal for offering. If you go out in the beginning of the night, you must return before midnight, unless you are busy with an act of hajj or you are taken out of Makkah. If you go out after midnight, then it is not harmful to pass the rest of the night in other places.’ I then asked about a man who visits (the House) during al-‘Isha’ and continues Tawaf, prayers and Sa‘y between al-Safa’ and al-Marwah until dawn. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not harmful; he was obeying the commandments of Allah.’”