642. How To Throw The Pebbles At The Jamaraat Safely And Easily

By Asma bint Shameem 

1. First of all, please remember that the Jamaraat are NOT ‘Shaytaan’. 

That’s a misconception. 

They’re called “Jamaraat”. (Singular- jamarah)

2. The pebble does not HAVE to hit the wall itself. As long as it falls in the ‘well’, within the boundary, it should be fine 

But I advise, especially my sisters, not to throw the pebbles from far. 

The pelting of the stones has become such an EASY process for the last ten years or so. Otherwise it USED to be a nightmare 

But now with the building of the Jamaraat complex, there are multiple levels from where we can pelt the Jamaraat, the narrow ‘pillar’ has been replaced by a HUGE rectangular WALL, and the way to enter the area is different from the way to exit. 

This makes is SO MUCH SAFER than the horror it USED to be. 

Alhamdulillaah. 

In fact it is so safe that I’ve seen young kids, and old frail people, and people in wheelchairs and on crutches, doing it themselves. 

See the picture 1 below. 

This is how Jamaraat USED to be.

Look at the Jamaraat NOW

See picture 2 below. 

So how to do it ?

Follow the directions below to pelt the Jamaraat safely and EASILY. 

When you’re walking towards the Jamaraat, you’ll see a lot of people gathered at the beginning of the jamarah wall. 

See picture 3 below. 

(Imagine the black line is the wall as if you’re looking at it from the top as an aerial view. 

And the red dots are the people)

So instead of you doing the same, please BE PATIENT and KEEP WALKING till you get to the OTHER END of the Jamarah wall. 

Once you get to the other end of the Jamarah wall, walk SWIFTLY BUT CALMLY when the coast is clear, come ALL the way right UP TO the wall, then pelt the stones, one by one saying Allaahu Akbar with each stone.  

See picture 4 below

This way you can make throw your pebbles DIRECTLY at the Jamarah and you also can make sure your pebbles are not falling outside the ‘well’.

And there’s no shoving, pushing, or danger of falling etc. as well. 

Alhamdulillaah for everything. 

My drawings are not that great but I hope they’ll be enough to give you a general idea of what to do and what to expect when you pelt the stones In shaa’ Allaah. 

And Allaah knows best