Meaning of the verse “Whoever hastens to leave in two days”

My question is about hastening to leave during Hajj. Why does the one
who hastens leave depart on the twelfth (of Dhu'l-Hijjah) and the one
who stays departs on the thirteenth, when Allaah says "Whoever hastens
to leave in two days" [al-Baqarah 2:203]? Wouldn't that mean that the
one who hastens would leave on the eleventh?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The meaning of the verse is one who hastensto leave within two daysof
the days of al-Tashreeq, which are the eleventh, twelfth and
thirteenth. So hastening to leave means leaving on the twelfth.
Perhaps the questioner assumed thatthat first day was the day of Eid,
but this is incorrect.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
I would like to alert our brother pilgrims to this mistake, because
many pilgrims assume that what is meant by the verse "Whoever hastens
to leave in two days" [al-Baqarah 2:203 – interpretation of the
meaning] is leaving on the eleventh, so they count the two days as the
day of Eid and the eleventh of Dhu'l-Hijjah. But this is not the case,
rather this is a misunderstanding, because Allaah says (interpretation
of the meaning):
"And remember Allaah during the appointed Days. But whosoever hastens
to leave in two days, there is no sin on him"
[al-Baqarah 2:203]
The appointed days are the days of al-Tashreeq, and the first of the
days of al-Tashreeq is the eleventh. Based on this, the phrase
"whoever hastens to leave in two days" means in two daysof the days of
al-Tashreeq, which is thetwelfth. So people should make sure that they
understand this matter correctly, so that they will not make mistakes.

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