Throwing Stones (Ramy) at Jamarat

·         The thirteenth rite of the Hajj is the stoning of the Jamarat in the Days of Tashreeq. It is obligatory to perform the Stoning – stoning – of the three Jamarat – Obelisks – on the days of 11th and 12th, and also on the day of the 13th if he observed the stay in Mina that evening. The three Jamarat are the Sughra [Lesser], the Wusta [Middle], and the Kubra [Greater] ones.

·         It is obligatory to Stoning (stone) each of the three Jamarat with seven stones, as mentioned earlier in the section of the Stoning on the Day of Eid.

·         It is obligatory to comply with the order of Stoning or stoning the Jamarat;

o   First to stone Lesser Jamara, which is the closest Jamara to Mina,

o   Then the Middle Jamara, which is the one after,

o   Then Jamarat-ul-Aqabah also known as Kubra or the Greater, which is the one stoned on the day of Eid, last of the Jamarat to be stoned.

·         If one stoned the Jamarat without adhering to the order mentioned, say if he started with Jamarat-ul-Aqabah or the Wusta, he should repeat the Stoning adhering to the order mentioned.

·         The time for performing the stoning of the Jamarat is from sunrise to sunset, which is the Designated time. It is permissible for the excused to perform the stoning during the nighttime under emergency circumstances, like women, the sick, the shepherd, the log collector, and the fearing (who can perform the stoning during the night instead of day). If the excused cannot perform the stoning on every night, then he can do so by performing the rites of the three nights in one night.

·         If one performed the stoning of the Sughra Jamara for four times or more and then, due to oversight, proceeded to the next Jamara to perform the stoning seven times, it is satisfactory to amend for the missing throws. However, if he stoned [the Sughra Jamara] three times or less, he must repeat the stoning of the Sughra Jamara and then repeat the stoning of the one after it. If the deficiency concerned the third Jamara (al-Aqabah) he should throw to make up for the shortfall only.

·         If one stoned the Sughra Jamara, which is stoned first, four times or more, and stoned the second and the third Jamara seven times [each], it is sufficient for him to make up for the missing throws of the first Jamara, without the need to return to the second and the third [Jamara]. However, if he had stoned [the first] less than four times, it is obligatory for him to repeat [the stoning] of the three Jamarat in [correct] order.

·         If he stoned the Sughra Jamara seven times, then [stoned] the second [Jamara] three times, and then [stoned] the third [Jamara] seven times, he must repeat the stoning of the second and the third Jamara seven times each, and he does not need to repeat [the stoning of] the first. If he stoned the second four times, but the first and third seven times each, it is sufficient for him to make up for the missing throws of the second Jamara only. However, as a mostahab precaution, in all cases one should repeat [the stoning of] all three Jamarat if the order and continuity was breached.