Stoning of the Devil

De Stoning of the Devil (Arabic: رمي الجمرات ramy al-jamarāt,  "throwing of de jamarāt [place of pebbles]") be part of de annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage to de holy city of Mecca insyd Saudi Arabia. During de ritual, Muslim pilgrims throw pebbles at three walls (formerly pillars), dem call jamarāt, insyd de city of Mina just east of Mecca. E be a symbolic reenactment of Ibrahim ein (anaa Abraham ein) hajj, wer he stoned three pillars wey dey represent de Shaitan (anaa Satan), den Muslims dema temptation to disobey de will of Allah.

On Eid al-Adha (de 10th day of de month of Dhu al-Hijjah), pilgrims for strike de Big Jamarah anaa Al-Jamrah Al-Aqaba plus seven pebbles. After dem plete de stoning on de day of Eid, every pilgrim for cut anaa shave dema hair. On each of de following two days, dem for hit all three walls plus seven pebbles each, dey go in order from east to west. Thus at least dem dey hia 21 pebbles for de ritual; dem go hia more stones if dem fail to hit de pillar. E be permissible for de stones to fall into de designated areas of de pillars, den der be no need make dem san throw dem if dem land insyd de appropriate vicinity.

Sam pilgrims stay at Mina for an additional day, insyd wich case dem for san stone each wall seven times. De pebbles dem use insyd de stoning traditionally be gathered at Muzdalifah, a plain southeast of Mina, on de night before de first throwing, buh sanso fi be collected at Mina.

 Replacement of de pillars 

Til 2004, na de three jamarāt (singular: jamrah) be tall pillars. After de 2004 Hajj stampede, Saudi authorities replace de pillars plus  walls for safety; na chaw people accidentally dey throw pebbles at people on de oda side. To allow easier access to de jamarāt, dem build a single-tiered pedestrian bridge dem call de Jamaraat Bridge around dem, wey dey allow pilgrims to throw stones from either ground level anaa from de bridge.

Dem name de jamarāt (dey start from de east):

 de first jamrah (al-jamrah al-'ūlā), anaa de smallest jamrah (الجمرة الصغرى al-jamrah aṣ-ṣughrā),
 de middle jamrah (الجمرة الوسطى al-jamrah al-wusṭā),
 de largest jamrah (الجمرة الكبرى al-jamrah al-kubrā), anaa Jamrah of Aqaba (جمرة العقبة jamrat al-ʿaqaba).

Before 2004, na de distance between de small den middle  be ; between de middle den large  na e be .

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