12. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from al-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama‘ah from Ahmad ibn al-Hassan al-Mithamiy from Mu‘awiyah ibn Wahab from ‘Isma’il ibn al-Najih al-Rammah who has said the following: “During one of the nights we were with abu ‘Abdillah in Mina’. He (the Imam) asked, ‘What do these people say about, “Those who depart in the second day for departure, there is no sin on them and those who delay, there is no sin on them?”’ (2:203) We replied, ‘We do not know.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Indeed, they say that those of the people of wilderness who depart in a hurry have not committed a sin, and those of the people of the cities who delay have not committed a sin. It is not as they say it is. Allah, may His Glory be praised, has said, “On those who depart earlier in the second day for departure, there is no sin.” You must take notice; no sin remains on those who leave early as well as on those who delay. You must take notice that no sin remains on them. They are only those ones who maintain piety before Allah. This applies to you only. People are the crowd and you are the ones who have performed al-Hajj.’” (Fatwa best explains Hadith 11 of this Chapter and all of the following Chapter)