I stoned the pillars, but I was not certain that the pebbles fell into the basin, so I took other pebbles and stoned the pillars again. What is the ruling on my action?

The questioner:
May Allah grant me success. Last year, I performed the obligatory Hajj. However, when I went in the morning of the tenth day to stone the Jamarat al-Aqabah, before the sun passed its zenith, I had only seven pebbles from Muzdalifah, no more. I stoned with the seven pebbles, but due to the heavy crowd, I did not confirm that all the pebbles fell inside the stoning basin. So I waited a little, about a quarter of an hour, until the crowd thinned. I then collected eight pebbles from those that people had dropped outside the basin, went near the basin, and stoned with all seven pebbles, and they all fell inside the basin. Is what I did correct? May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh:
You did well in this action, and we ask Allah for your acceptance. This is a valid action. Yes.

The questioner:
He asks about his collecting the eight pebbles from what fell from the people?

The Shaykh:
There is no harm in that. It is not permissible to take pebbles from the basin, but there is no objection to taking pebbles from outside the basin.

The questioner:
That he stoned with eight pebbles, as he expressed it.

The Shaykh:
It is considered for the sake of listening, and the extra has no value.

The presenter:
Praise be to Allah. Praise be to Allah.