Ruling on stoning the pillars with a very large or very small stone? And what is the description of the pebbles of al-Khadhf?
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The questioner : All right, Shaykh, regarding the stoning?
The Shaykh : What Allah willed! You are a general, I mean!
The questioner : I swear to you, Shaykh, we have gathered the questions, and this is the last question.
The Shaykh : All right, please go ahead.
The questioner : We have kept you waiting.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, I did not take up much of your time; I took up the time of those present there.
The questioner : Some people there stone the pillars with very small pebbles, and some with large stones; so what is the ruling on this stoning?
The Shaykh : This is all contrary to the Sunnah. What came regarding the stoning of the pillars and those behind them is the size of a chickpea, meaning about the size of a finger joint. And when we stoned, we saw something astonishing; we saw a stone like this that, if it had hit a person's head there, it would have split it and harmed him. This is ignorance, as you see, stoning the Jamarah with sandals and the like. This is from the ignorance of people! So the pebbles... are the size of this small chickpea, and also these small, smooth pebbles; so they are contrary to the Sunnah. It is on two extremes, and the truth is between excess and deficiency. And Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:[Al-Baqarah 2:143], and the best of matters is the middle, and loving extremes is wrong.
The questioner : All right, Shaykh, regarding these stones, if they were made of cement or asphalt, or for example...
The Shaykh : The important thing is that they are linguistically called stones. So if we stoned with this chickpea or a small fava bean or the like, it would not be a stoning according to the Shari'ah. The important thing is that what is thrown must be stones linguistically. So the issue is more linguistic than religious.
The questioner : All right, Shaykh, I was saying this is the last question, but excuse me, this is the last question.
The Shaykh : And they do the same. Just now, one of them said it was the last question.
The questioner : This is the last question.
The Shaykh : And after he finished with them, he said a second last question. We said this is the last of the last.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. No, this is the last one, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed! You are a general, I mean!
The questioner : I swear to you, Shaykh, we have gathered the questions, and this is the last question.
The Shaykh : All right, please go ahead.
The questioner : We have kept you waiting.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, I did not take up much of your time; I took up the time of those present there.
The questioner : Some people there stone the pillars with very small pebbles, and some with large stones; so what is the ruling on this stoning?
The Shaykh : This is all contrary to the Sunnah. What came regarding the stoning of the pillars and those behind them is the size of a chickpea, meaning about the size of a finger joint. And when we stoned, we saw something astonishing; we saw a stone like this that, if it had hit a person's head there, it would have split it and harmed him. This is ignorance, as you see, stoning the Jamarah with sandals and the like. This is from the ignorance of people! So the pebbles... are the size of this small chickpea, and also these small, smooth pebbles; so they are contrary to the Sunnah. It is on two extremes, and the truth is between excess and deficiency. And Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:
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وكذلك جعلناكم أمة وسطًاThe questioner : All right, Shaykh, regarding these stones, if they were made of cement or asphalt, or for example...
The Shaykh : The important thing is that they are linguistically called stones. So if we stoned with this chickpea or a small fava bean or the like, it would not be a stoning according to the Shari'ah. The important thing is that what is thrown must be stones linguistically. So the issue is more linguistic than religious.
The questioner : All right, Shaykh, I was saying this is the last question, but excuse me, this is the last question.
The Shaykh : And they do the same. Just now, one of them said it was the last question.
The questioner : This is the last question.
The Shaykh : And after he finished with them, he said a second last question. We said this is the last of the last.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. No, this is the last one, if Allah wills.
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