What is your opinion regarding those who prohibit cleaning oneself with pebbles during the days of Hajj?
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The questioner : I mean: for example, in Hajj last year, one of them said: Do not clean yourselves with pebbles.
The Shaykh : No, what?
The questioner : She prohibits her daughter from cleaning herself with pebbles.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Cleaning oneself with pebbles; she prohibits her and says words forbidding it.
The Shaykh : Yes, cleaning oneself with stones is established from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Specifically the stones of Makkah?
The questioner : No, no, she prohibits any stones.
The Shaykh : No, that is not correct; this is not correct.
The questioner : I clarified it to her; I explained that it is permissible and reported from the Messenger, but she has a firm conviction that these matters are not correct.
The Shaykh : If you inform a person of the truth, you have absolved your responsibility. Then, if he is guided, it is for you and for him; and if he is not guided, it is for you and upon him. For Allah said to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):[Ali 'Imran 3:20] You have conveyed—may Allah reward you with good—what you know of the truth. Then, if the one you conveyed it to accepts it, or if not, you have absolved your responsibility.
The Shaykh : No, what?
The questioner : She prohibits her daughter from cleaning herself with pebbles.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Cleaning oneself with pebbles; she prohibits her and says words forbidding it.
The Shaykh : Yes, cleaning oneself with stones is established from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Specifically the stones of Makkah?
The questioner : No, no, she prohibits any stones.
The Shaykh : No, that is not correct; this is not correct.
The questioner : I clarified it to her; I explained that it is permissible and reported from the Messenger, but she has a firm conviction that these matters are not correct.
The Shaykh : If you inform a person of the truth, you have absolved your responsibility. Then, if he is guided, it is for you and for him; and if he is not guided, it is for you and upon him. For Allah said to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):