The Wisdom Behind Stoning the Pillars
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Question: The wisdom behind stoning the pillars and staying overnight in Mina for three days: we hope you will clarify the wisdom behind this, and thank you?
Answer: It is obligatory for the Muslim to obey the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and follow the Shari'ah, even if he does not know the wisdom. Allah has commanded us to follow what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) brought and to follow His Book. The Exalted said: [Al-A'raf: 3], and the Exalted said: [Al-An'am: 155], and the Exalted said: [An-Nisa: 59], and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: [Al-Hashr: 7].
If the wisdom is known, praise be to Allah; if it is not known, that does no harm. Everything Allah has legislated is for a wisdom, and everything He has forbidden is for a wisdom, whether we know it or not. Stoning the pillars is clearly a means of humiliating Satan and obeying Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) , and regarding staying overnight in Mina, Allah knows its wisdom best . Perhaps the wisdom in that is to facilitate the stoning if one stays overnight in Mina, so that he can occupy himself with the remembrance of Allah and prepare for the stoning at its time, if he wishes to go at the designated time for stoning according to what suits him. Perhaps he might be delayed in the stoning, or it might be missed, or he might be occupied with something if he did not stay overnight in Mina. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) knows the wisdom in that best.
Answer: It is obligatory for the Muslim to obey the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and follow the Shari'ah, even if he does not know the wisdom. Allah has commanded us to follow what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) brought and to follow His Book. The Exalted said:
Follow, [O mankind], what has been revealed to you from your Lord
اتَّبِعُواْ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْAnd this [Qur'an] is a Book We have revealed [which is] blessed, so follow it
وَهَذَا كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ مُبَارَكٌ فَاتَّبِعُوهُobey Allah and obey the Messenger
أَطِيعُواْ اللّهَ وَأَطِيعُواْ الرَّسُولَAnd whatever the Messenger has given you - take; and what he has forbidden you - refrain from
وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانتَهُواIf the wisdom is known, praise be to Allah; if it is not known, that does no harm. Everything Allah has legislated is for a wisdom, and everything He has forbidden is for a wisdom, whether we know it or not. Stoning the pillars is clearly a means of humiliating Satan and obeying Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) , and regarding staying overnight in Mina, Allah knows its wisdom best . Perhaps the wisdom in that is to facilitate the stoning if one stays overnight in Mina, so that he can occupy himself with the remembrance of Allah and prepare for the stoning at its time, if he wishes to go at the designated time for stoning according to what suits him. Perhaps he might be delayed in the stoning, or it might be missed, or he might be occupied with something if he did not stay overnight in Mina. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) knows the wisdom in that best.
Source
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