What is the 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 : By Allah, Shaykh, we have gathered the questions, and this is the last question.
The Shaykh : All right, go ahead.
The questioner : We have kept you waiting.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, I did not keep you waiting, I kept the people there waiting.
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 contrary to the Sunnah, all of it. What came regarding the stoning of the pillars and 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, 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 it is the size of a small chickpea, and these small, smooth pebbles are also contrary to the Sunnah. So 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, meaning...
The Shaykh : The important thing is that it is linguistically true to call them stones. So if we stoned with chickpeas or small fava beans, for example, it would not be stoning in the Shari'ah. The important thing is that what is thrown is linguistically a stone. So the issue is more linguistic than religious.
The questioner : All right, Shaykh, I was saying this is the last question. Excuse me, this is the last question.
The Shaykh : And they did the same just now; one of them said, "This is the last question."
The questioner : This is the last question.
The Shaykh : After he finished, he said, "A second question, this is the last, last one."
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, Shaykh, the last one.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed, you are a general, I mean!
The questioner : By Allah, Shaykh, we have gathered the questions, and this is the last question.
The Shaykh : All right, go ahead.
The questioner : We have kept you waiting.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, I did not keep you waiting, I kept the people there waiting.
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 contrary to the Sunnah, all of it. What came regarding the stoning of the pillars and 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, 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 it is the size of a small chickpea, and these small, smooth pebbles are also contrary to the Sunnah. So 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 أمّة وسطاThe questioner : All right, Shaykh, regarding these stones, if they were made of cement or asphalt, meaning...
The Shaykh : The important thing is that it is linguistically true to call them stones. So if we stoned with chickpeas or small fava beans, for example, it would not be stoning in the Shari'ah. The important thing is that what is thrown is linguistically a stone. So the issue is more linguistic than religious.
The questioner : All right, Shaykh, I was saying this is the last question. Excuse me, this is the last question.
The Shaykh : And they did the same just now; one of them said, "This is the last question."
The questioner : This is the last question.
The Shaykh : After he finished, he said, "A second question, this is the last, last one."
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, Shaykh, the last one.
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