Hajj: Is it permissible to curse, insult, and throw large stones during the stoning of the pillars?
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Question : This questioner, Honorable Shaykh, says that some people curse and insult and throw large stones and sandals, and they believe that they are throwing at Satan while stoning the pillars. Is this action correct?
Answer : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, his Companions, and those who follow them in excellence until the Day of Judgment. This action is forbidden and not correct, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stoned the pillars with pebbles like the pebbles of the back, meaning slightly larger than chickpeas, i.e., approximately the size of a bean. He threw them with seven pebbles, and said (peace and blessings be upon him) He (peace and blessings be upon him) threw them while saying Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest) with each pebble, and this indicates that stoning the pillars is a means of glorifying Allah (Mighty and Majestic), as came in the hadith: The intention of stoning the pillars is not to throw at Satan the accursed.
Because throwing at Satan the accursed is not achieved by throwing pebbles at him, but rather by seeking refuge in Allah from him, as Allah the Exalted said:[Fussilat 41:36].
Then, who is the insult directed at here? Does he curse the stones, or the pool, or the upright pole indicating the place of stoning, or what? Therefore, it is obligatory for whoever hears someone say that or sees someone do that with violence and agitation to advise him and say to him: Fear Allah, my brother, for this is a place of glorifying Allah (Mighty and Majestic), just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon
Answer : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, his Companions, and those who follow them in excellence until the Day of Judgment. This action is forbidden and not correct, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stoned the pillars with pebbles like the pebbles of the back, meaning slightly larger than chickpeas, i.e., approximately the size of a bean. He threw them with seven pebbles, and said (peace and blessings be upon him)
at people like these, throw at them, and beware of exaggeration in religion
بأمثال هؤلاء فارموا وإياكم والغلو في الدينThe circumambulation of the House, and of al-Safa and al-Marwah, and the stoning of the pillars were established only for the remembrance of Allah
إنما جعل الطواف بالبيت وبالصفا والمروة ورمي الجمار بإقامة ذكر اللهBecause throwing at Satan the accursed is not achieved by throwing pebbles at him, but rather by seeking refuge in Allah from him, as Allah the Exalted said:
And if there comes to you from Satan an evil suggestion, then seek refuge in Allah. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
وَإِمَّا يَنزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُThen, who is the insult directed at here? Does he curse the stones, or the pool, or the upright pole indicating the place of stoning, or what? Therefore, it is obligatory for whoever hears someone say that or sees someone do that with violence and agitation to advise him and say to him: Fear Allah, my brother, for this is a place of glorifying Allah (Mighty and Majestic), just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1460- الحج هل يجوز السب والشتم ورمي الحجارة الكبيرة في رمي الجمرات/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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