Ruling on stoning the Aqabah pillar with six pebbles
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His Eminence the Shaykh: A pilgrim stoned the Aqabah pillar with six pebbles, and on the twelfth day,Then he asked, and the one who asked him said: he should repeat stoning the Aqabah pillar, and repeat the stoning on the eleventh day, then the stoning on the twelfth day.But he asked another, and he said to him: Stoning the Aqabah pillar with six pebbles is sufficient for you, so choose the easier option. Is the order obligatory? And what is required of him?
As for the one who gave him the first fatwa and said to him: Stone the Aqabah pillar on the day of the festival, then stone the three pillars on the eleventh day, then stone the three pillars for the twelfth day. He followed what is well known from the school of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), which is: that the order is obligatory,But the stronger position is what the other one gave him as a fatwa: and that one is excused for missing a pebble. It was mentioned that some of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) used to stone with six and some with seven, and no one rebuked the other, especially if he left it out due to forgetfulness. The correct view is that stoning with six is sufficient.
As for the one who gave him the first fatwa and said to him: Stone the Aqabah pillar on the day of the festival, then stone the three pillars on the eleventh day, then stone the three pillars for the twelfth day. He followed what is well known from the school of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), which is: that the order is obligatory,But the stronger position is what the other one gave him as a fatwa: and that one is excused for missing a pebble. It was mentioned that some of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) used to stone with six and some with seven, and no one rebuked the other, especially if he left it out due to forgetfulness. The correct view is that stoning with six is sufficient.