The Ruling on Delaying the Stoning of the Pillars and the Method of Stoning

Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling for one who delays the stoning of the three pillars until the last day, which is Thursday? And how does he stone them? Does he stone the small one, for example, with twenty-one pebbles, then the second, or does he stone the first with seven pebbles, then return, and so on?

Answer:
This is permissible according to some scholars. They said it is permissible to delay it, then arrange it by intention to avoid the crowd. However, it should be avoided; one should perform each stoning at its proper time. This is the Sunnah, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Companions did. One stones the Jamrat al-Aqabah at its time on the day of Eid, and on each day one stones the three pillars. This is what is prescribed. But if one delays, he arranges it by intention. If he delays, as a group of scholars said, he arranges it by intention. He starts with the Jamrat al-Aqabah, stones it with seven pebbles by intention, then returns and stones the three, each with seven pebbles by intention for the eleventh day. When he completes them, he returns and stones them for the twelfth day, each with seven pebbles by intention. When he completes them, he returns and stones them for the thirteenth day by intention: the first with seven, then the middle with seven, then the Jamrat al-Aqabah with seven. It is necessary to arrange it this way: he starts with the Jamrat al-Aqabah first, and stones it by intention for the day of Eid. Then he stones the three for the eleventh day, seven, seven, seven, until he completes them. Then he returns to the first for the twelfth day, and he did not precede it, and the second of seven, and the second of seven, like this. Then he returns to the thirteenth day, and he did not stone it, like this, and he combines them all. No, yes, and it is arranged. May Allah reward you with good.