The Method of Stoning the Pillars and the Wisdom Behind It

The first message in this episode is from our brother Nasser Hussein Hadi al-Yamani from al-Waziyah, Taiz Governorate. Our brother asks and says: Please tell us about stoning the pillars, how is it done? And it would be desirable if you could explain to people the secret behind this act of worship, if possible?
Answer: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance.
As for what follows: Allah, Exalted and Majestic, in His perfect wisdom and compelling argument, has prescribed for Muslims the stoning of the pillars during Hajj, following the example of their Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). For when he performed the Farewell Pilgrimage, he stoned the pillars on the Day of Sacrifice with seven pebbles, stoning only the Jamrat al-Aqabah, which is the pillar closest to Mecca, with seven pebbles, saying Allahu Akbar with each pebble.
Then he stoned the pillars on the last days, the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth, after the sun had passed its zenith. He stoned each one with seven pebbles, saying Allahu Akbar with each pebble. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said when performing the rites: This means: he commands the Ummah to learn from him, and to act upon what they see of his actions (peace and blessings be upon him) and what they hear of his words. This is the evidence for stoning the pillars.
It consists of seventy pebbles for one who completes the stoning over the four days. The stoning on the Day of Sacrifice is seven pebbles, from after the sun has risen until sunset, all of which is a time for stoning, saying Allahu Akbar with each pebble for the Great Pillar closest to Mecca, which is Jamrat al-Aqabah. If one stoned it at night after midnight, that is sufficient, especially for the weak and the elderly. As for the strong, the Sunnah for them is that their stoning be like how the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stoned it after the sun had risen in the morning. If one stoned it after Dhuhr or after Asr, there is no harm.
It is permissible, according to the stronger opinion, to stone it after sunset that night for one who did not stone during the day, until the end of the night.
As for the other three days, which are the Days of Tashriq, they are stoned after the sun has passed its zenith, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stoned them. It is not permissible to stone them before the sun has passed its zenith, because that is contrary to the pure Shari'ah. Muslims stone them after the sun has passed its zenith until sunset. If one is unable to do so due to weakness or being occupied, it is permissible to stone them after sunset that night for the day whose sun has set, according to the stronger of the two opinions of the scholars. Because it is a state of need and dire necessity, especially when the pilgrims are numerous, for the time between the sun passing its zenith and sunset does not suffice for them. Therefore, it is permissible, according to the stronger opinion, to stone them after sunset for one who was not able to stone them after the sun passed its zenith on that day, meaning: the day whose sun has set, he stones them after sunset.
A group of scholars have mentioned that the wisdom in this is to humiliate Satan, to degrade him, to crush him, and to display his opposition. Because he presented himself to Ibrahim (peace be upon him) when Allah showed him the sacrifice of his son Ismail. However, it is established among the scholars of knowledge that the wisdom must be proven by clear evidence from the Book or the Sunnah. If it is proven, that is light upon light and good upon good. Otherwise, the believer accepts the Shari'ah of Allah and acts upon it, even if he does not know the wisdom and the cause in it, with his belief that Allah, Glorified and Exalted, is Wise and All-Knowing. As He said (peace and blessings be upon him) : [Al-An'am: 83] And He said, Glorified is He: [An-Nisa: 24].
He is All-Knowing of what He prescribes for His servants, All-Knowing of what He decrees for them, All-Knowing of every event in the future, just as He is All-Knowing of everything that has occurred in the past.
He has perfect wisdom in everything, Glorified and Exalted is He. For He has perfect knowledge, perfect wisdom, and perfect power. So He does not do anything in vain, ever. He does not prescribe anything in vain, nor does He do anything in vain . Rather, all of it is for a perfect wisdom, a great cause, and a praiseworthy goal, even if humans do not know it. This is what is obligatory for every believer to believe. For Allah, Glorified and Exalted, is the Wise, the All-Knowing in what He decrees and what He prescribes for His servants . And among that is the issue of stoning, the stoning of the pillars. Yes.