What is the ruling on booklets of supplications for each lap of the tawaf, and what is the ruling on one who believes that when stoning the pillars he is stoning Satan?

The questioner : Well, Shaykh (may Allah preserve him), regarding the Hajj now, we observe that some booklets of supplications are circulating among the pilgrims. That is, for the first lap and the second lap, and they have placed dots, meaning in the laps as well. In the sa'y also, some people think that when stoning the pillars, they have the concept of the end; they are stoning Satan and the like. Does this concept mean it is correct, or do we hope that this is... (may Allah preserve you)?

The Shaykh : The booklets that contain supplications for each lap, these booklets are an innovation (bid'ah). It is not permissible to rely on them, and every Muslim should be advised against them, because they were not transmitted from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), nor from the Companions, and because they occupy the person, and because they occupy the person with something he wants in his heart, but these booklets compel him to supplicate with what is in them, even though it is an innovation (bid'ah). As the scholars have explicitly stated.

The questioner : Some of them say that they contain lawful supplications, Shaykh.

The Shaykh : If they did, but did these lawful supplications come in the tawaf? They did not come in the tawaf. What we know did not come in the tawaf except between the Yemeni Corner and the Black Stone. Then these booklets have an addition: and admit us into Paradise with the righteous. They add from themselves.
Then, many of the common people who carry them read them as if they are worshipping Allah by reading them, because they do not understand their meaning. Therefore, I advise my Muslim brothers against them, and I hope that my other brothers will advise against them. But they should not come with violence, such that they take these booklets from their owners and tear them up. No, he stands with him calmly and says, "My brother, you have things in your heart other than what is in this booklet; supplicate to Allah the Exalted with them. And if I asked you about a sentence from this booklet, you might not know it."
As for their belief that if they stone the pillars, they are stoning the devils, this is a false belief. Because the intended purpose of the stoning is to establish the remembrance of Allah. The one who stones remembers Allah the Exalted with his word and his action. As for his word, he says "Allahu Akbar" with every pebble. And as for his action, because this act is worship. It is a benefit to Allah Mighty and Majestic.
We do it, meaning we stone the pillars, as worship of Allah the Exalted, and to draw near to Him, and to seek His reward. And we stone them also following the example of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah.

The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, likewise, Shaykh?

The Shaykh : And know that based on this belief which has no basis, meaning that we stone the devils, based on that, some ignorant people come to the pillars with great violence, angry and furious. And perhaps they throw large stones, and perhaps they throw sandals and umbrellas. And the conclusion is that Muslims should be guided to the fact that these pillars are only done as worship of Allah the Exalted, and to establish His remembrance, and following the example of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), the leader of the righteous. I ask Allah the Exalted to make it a strength for us.