The rites of Hajj have entered the 4th day as the throwing of stones continues at three walls called Jamrah, in the city of Mina east of Makkah.
Compared to Saturday, which was the day of Eid-ul-Kabir that pilgrims struck the big wall with seven stones, they, however, On Sunday hit all three walls with seven pebbles each.
The exercise is expected to continue tomorrow with the throwing of seven stones at each of the three walls in order from east to west making 49 pebbles needed for the rite.
The stoning ritual is a symbolic reenactment of Prophet Ibrahim’s Hajj, where he stoned three pillars representing the temptation to disobey the Almighty Allah.
Many Nigerian pilgrims in their hundreds set out to the Jamrah for the exercise immediately after the early morning daily prayer and the journey of trekking to and fro lasted for up to 3 hours.
Our Correspondent, Ridwan Fasasi reports that Saudi- Arabia Government has put in place measures to checkmate stampeding which occurred in the past as the pilgrims passed different routes while going and coming.
After completing the ritual of stoning on Monday, the pilgrims are expected to go back to Makkah and perform circumambulation of Kaaba called Tawaf as well as run from Safar to Marwa, which symbolized the struggle of Prophet Ibraham’s wife, Hajar while looking for water in the desert for her thirsty son before Allah ordered water to spring out, which is the origin of today’s healing water called Zam-zam.
Ridwan Fasasi
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