Stoning the Aqabah Pillar with a Piece of Asphalt
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on one who stoned the Aqabah Pillar but used a small piece of asphalt for the stoning instead of a stone? He says: Is his action valid? How? He says: What is the ruling on one who stoned the Aqabah Pillar but used a small piece of asphalt to stone it?
Answer:
It does not suffice; it does not suffice. He still owes a stone. It is not permissible to stone with iron, nor with wood, nor with glass, but only with a pebble. Specifically for the pillars, and the pillars are the small pebbles, which are what is used for stoning. So he still owes a stone. He gives charity for it. He gives charity for it, and it is not counted for him like this. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on one who stoned the Aqabah Pillar but used a small piece of asphalt for the stoning instead of a stone? He says: Is his action valid? How? He says: What is the ruling on one who stoned the Aqabah Pillar but used a small piece of asphalt to stone it?
Answer:
It does not suffice; it does not suffice. He still owes a stone. It is not permissible to stone with iron, nor with wood, nor with glass, but only with a pebble. Specifically for the pillars, and the pillars are the small pebbles, which are what is used for stoning. So he still owes a stone. He gives charity for it. He gives charity for it, and it is not counted for him like this. Yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 08-01-1438هـ — alfawzan.live (55:37)
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