The ruling on increasing the number of pebbles in the stoning
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The questioner:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, this questioner says:
The Shaykh:
Mm.
The questioner:
What is the ruling on increasing the pebbles? And what is required of me if I did any of that?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to worship by increasing the number. A person has seven; it is not permissible for a person to worship with eight, saying that this is better than seven. No. If he is in doubt, whether it was seven or not, or six or seven, he increases until he is certain that it is seven. As for one who worships by saying that eight is better than seven, and nine is better, meaning he increases in the Shari'ah, no, it is not permissible to increase in the Shari'ah.
The presenter:
May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh:
Allah prescribed seven, so he has no right to increase beyond seven, except if he is in doubt and has hesitation between seven or six; he increases until he completes seven with certainty.
Another questioner:
The question of my wife, my mother, and my sister. He means the wife; he calls her my mother, and he calls her my sister, and he calls her my wife.
The Shaykh:
You are a disbeliever.
Another questioner:
These doctors, no, this is not it.
The Shaykh:
He tightens you, O Shaykh, do you know what is in his heart? May Allah protect you and you all.
Another questioner:
If he doubts whether it fell.
The Shaykh:
If he intends it, it is not permissible to call her my mother; it is not permissible to call her my mother's wife.
Another questioner:
The pebbles, there is no doubt that they did not return.
The Shaykh:
It is not proper conduct to say my sister, except if he says my sister in Allah, adding to it, just as Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said about Sarah, "You are my sister in Allah." If he intends this, there is no harm.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, this questioner says:
The Shaykh:
Mm.
The questioner:
What is the ruling on increasing the pebbles? And what is required of me if I did any of that?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to worship by increasing the number. A person has seven; it is not permissible for a person to worship with eight, saying that this is better than seven. No. If he is in doubt, whether it was seven or not, or six or seven, he increases until he is certain that it is seven. As for one who worships by saying that eight is better than seven, and nine is better, meaning he increases in the Shari'ah, no, it is not permissible to increase in the Shari'ah.
The presenter:
May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh:
Allah prescribed seven, so he has no right to increase beyond seven, except if he is in doubt and has hesitation between seven or six; he increases until he completes seven with certainty.
Another questioner:
The question of my wife, my mother, and my sister. He means the wife; he calls her my mother, and he calls her my sister, and he calls her my wife.
The Shaykh:
You are a disbeliever.
Another questioner:
These doctors, no, this is not it.
The Shaykh:
He tightens you, O Shaykh, do you know what is in his heart? May Allah protect you and you all.
Another questioner:
If he doubts whether it fell.
The Shaykh:
If he intends it, it is not permissible to call her my mother; it is not permissible to call her my mother's wife.
Another questioner:
The pebbles, there is no doubt that they did not return.
The Shaykh:
It is not proper conduct to say my sister, except if he says my sister in Allah, adding to it, just as Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said about Sarah, "You are my sister in Allah." If he intends this, there is no harm.
Source
فتاوى الحج ١٤١٠ هـ - ١٠ — archive.org (14:36)
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