Also, he says, guide us and may Allah guide you. Do we begin on the second day of the festival and the days following it with the Jamarat al-Aqabah, or with the pebble-stone that follows Makkah al-Mukarramah?
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The questioner : Also, he says, guide us and may Allah guide you. Do we begin on the second day of the festival and the days following it with the Jamarat al-Aqabah, or with the pebble-stone that follows Makkah al-Mukarramah?
The Shaykh : The Jamarat al-Aqabah is the pebble-stone that follows Makkah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But we say that you begin with the first pebble-stone that follows the Musjid al-Khaif.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then the middle one, and then the Jamarat al-Aqabah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So the Jamarat al-Aqabah on the two days following the festival is the last one.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This is the...
The Shaykh : And on this occasion... stoning the pillars.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I would like to remind our Muslim brothers that stoning these pillars is an act of worship by which a person worships Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) with both words and actions, and it is following the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 1888Da'if (Al-Albani) And when you stone the pillars, you worship Allah the Exalted with words by saying Allahu Akbar, and you worship Him with actions by stoning these pillars in these places purely for the sake of worshipping Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), for a person cannot comprehend a specific cause for it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And the fact that some people say that we are stoning the devils has no basis. A person does not stone the devil; rather, he stones these places in obedience to the command of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He), who commanded us to follow the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Also, it is recommended that the stoning be done with calmness and humility, not with violence, intensity, and harshness as the ignorant common people do. And it is recommended that when you stone the first pillar on the eleventh and twelfth days, you move away slightly from the crowd, then stand facing the qiblah, raising your hands, supplicating to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) with a long supplication.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Likewise, when you stone the middle one, you stand after it and supplicate to Allah the Exalted with a long supplication, then you go and stone the Jamarat al-Aqabah, and you do not stand after it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : The Jamarat al-Aqabah is the pebble-stone that follows Makkah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But we say that you begin with the first pebble-stone that follows the Musjid al-Khaif.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then the middle one, and then the Jamarat al-Aqabah.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So the Jamarat al-Aqabah on the two days following the festival is the last one.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This is the...
The Shaykh : And on this occasion... stoning the pillars.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I would like to remind our Muslim brothers that stoning these pillars is an act of worship by which a person worships Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) with both words and actions, and it is following the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Going round the House (the Ka'bah), running between as-Safa and lapidation of the pillars are meant for the remembrance of Allah.
إنما جعل الطواف بالبيت وبالصفا والمروة ورمي الجمار لإقامة ذكر اللهThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And the fact that some people say that we are stoning the devils has no basis. A person does not stone the devil; rather, he stones these places in obedience to the command of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He), who commanded us to follow the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)
And whatever the Messenger has given you—take that
وما ءاتاكم الرسول فخذوهTake your rituals from me
خذوا عني مناسككمThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Likewise, when you stone the middle one, you stand after it and supplicate to Allah the Exalted with a long supplication, then you go and stone the Jamarat al-Aqabah, and you do not stand after it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.