What does the pilgrim do first upon arriving at Mina?

The questioner : If he arrives at Mina, what is the first thing he starts with? You take it, or rather, you stone it.

The Shaykh : You stone it like this. Where did the word "stone it" come from? Because I did not know that it was "stone it." He throws it. Yes, he says Allahu Akbar with every pebble, saying, "Allah is the Greatest."

The questioner : Okay, brother, is the Sunnah to stone it immediately, or to stone it after settling down?

The Shaykh : After settling down. Do you agree with this? Immediately. The Sunnah is to do it immediately, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to stone it while on his mount. The scholars said that stoning the Jamrat al-Aqabah on the day of 'Id is a greeting to Mina. And the greeting comes before everything else.