Beginning of Stone-Throwing Ceremony on Eid al-Adha in Mena
Pilgrims of the House of God entered Mina on Sunday for stone-throwing and slaughtering the sacrifice to end the most important part of this year's Hajj rituals.
According to the Hajj Information Base, the pilgrims of the House of God started the ritual of stone-throwing, slaughtering and shaving the head today, on the 10th of Dhul Hijjah, and celebrated their pilgrimage to the land of revelation on the day of Eid al-Adha.
The departure of dear pilgrims is scheduled and carried out regularly.
Iranian pilgrims move to Jamarat in designated groups and return to their tents after stone-throwing and after slaughtering the sacrifice, which is done by the butchers on behalf of the pilgrims, they perform the operation of Halq (shaving the hair of the head).
Pilgrim women of our country also entered Mina last night and performed their stone-throwing this morning.
Pilgrims of the House of God started the rituals of the days of Tashriq on Friday evening by standing in Arafat and attending Jabal al-Rahma and made themselves closer to God by offering prayers, reciting the prayer of Arafa and holding the ceremony of disavowal of pagans that was held on Saturday.
After standing for one night and reciting the noon and evening prayers in Arafat, the pilgrims continued their worship until the sunset, and then when the evening came, they left for Muzdalifah (Mashaer al-Haram) and stayed there the previous night to pray and collect the necessary stones for Collect rummy gems. Pilgrims left for Mina after morning prayers today.
Pilgrims of the House of God performed the stone-throwing ceremony today with the pebbles they collected from Muzdalifah or before that, the mountains of Mecca. After that, they make a sacrifice and then shave their heads or cut their hair. They must spend two nights in Mina, but they are allowed to go to Mecca during the day to complete their Hajj rituals.
Tawaf Nisa and Sa'i Safa and Marwah will be their last rites.
At the end of Mina, there are three stone pillars, the first pillar is called "first pillar", the second is called "middle pillar" and the third is called "rear pillar". The first obligatory act on the day of Eid is to offer seven pieces of sand to the Jamrah of Aqaba.
After stoning the Jamrah of Aqaba, pilgrims go to the altar and sacrifice a camel, cow, or sheep to perform another Hajj obligation.
