The ruling on cursing Satan during the stoning of the pillars and the prescribed supplication

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Question:
His second question: The brother questioner, whose name is symbolized by M.A., says: Some people believe that during the stoning of the pillars, one is throwing at Satan, so they take to cursing and insulting with each of the seven pebbles. Is this correct? And what is the prescribed supplication during the stoning? May you be rewarded.

Answer:
The stoning of the pillars is an act of worship for Allah the Exalted and a remembrance of Allah, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Yahya related to me from Malik, from Hisham ibn Urwa, that Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr stayed in Makka for nine years. He would go into ihram for hajj at the beginning of Dhu'l-Hijja, and Urwa ibn az- Zubayr, who was with him, would do likewise. Yahya said that Malik said, "The people of Makka and whoever else is living there besides them should go into ihram for hajj if they are in Makka, and anyone that is living in the centre of Makka and is not one of the people of Makka should not leave the Haram." Yahya said that Malik said, "Someone who goes into ihram for hajj in Makka should delay tawaf of the House and the sa'y between Safa and Marwa until he has come back from Mina, which is what Abdullah ibn Umar used to do." Malik was asked what the people of Madina, or anybody else, should do about tawaf if they went into ihram in Makka at the beginning of Dhu'l-Hijja, and he said, "They should delay the obligatory tawaf, which is the one they combine with the say between Safa and Marwa, but they can do whatever other tawaf they want to, and they should pray two rakas every time they complete seven tawafs, which is what the companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did when they had gone into ihram to do hajj. They delayed the tawaf of the House and the sa'y between Safa and Marwa until they had come back from Mina. Abdullah ibn Umar also did this, going into ihram for hajj in Makka at the beginning of Dhu'l-Hijja, and then delaying tawaf of theHouse and the say between Safa and Marwa until he had come back from Mina." Malik was asked whether one of the people of Makka could go into ihram to do umra in the centre of Makka, and he said, "No. He should go outside the Haram and go into ihram there."

إنما جعل الطواف بالبيت والسعي بين الصفا والمروة رمي الثمار

Muwatta Malik 20:52

It is a remembrance of Allah the Exalted, so it is a remembrance of Allah. And Allah, (Exalted and Majestic is He), says:

And remember Allah during [specific] numbered days

وَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ فِي أَيَّامٍ مَّعْدُودَاتٍ

[Al-Baqarah 2:203]

It is not reported that it is for the sake of Satan. Yes, every act of worship for Allah is a means of repelling Satan from the stoning and other things. However, to specify it and say that the stoning is only for Satan is an error, and this is among the words of the common people. The intended purpose of the stoning is to follow the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The remembrance said during the stoning is to say "Bismillah" (In the name of Allah). One does not supplicate during the stoning, nor does one curse or insult Satan; rather, one says "Bismillah." When he finishes the first small pillar and walks to the middle pillar, he stands between the two pillars and supplicates to Allah the Exalted, facing the qiblah, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did. Likewise, when he finishes the middle pillar and heads to the large pillar, he faces the qiblah and supplicates to Allah the Exalted while standing, then proceeds to the large pillar and stones it, then departs and does not supplicate after the large pillar itself.

Source أصل رمي الجمار والأذكار المشروعة عنده — alfawzan.live

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