The Pilgrim Stays at Mina

Mina is a desert location situated some 5 kilometres to the east of the Islamic holy city of Mecca (Makkah) in Saudi Arabia. It stands on the road from Mecca's city centre to the Hill of Arafat.


MinaMina is best known for the role it plays during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, when its tent cities provide temporary accommodation to millions of visiting pilgrims. In the valley of Mina is the Jamarat Bridge, the location of the Stoning of the Devil ritual, performed between sunrise and sunset on the last day of the Hajj. Mina is where Pilgrims would go to stone where the devil was as this is where it is said that Ibrahim stoned the devil that came between him and the command that Allah set him. Most pilgrims at Hajj walk around the Kaba box 7 times, then visit the Well of Zamzam. Usually they spend their first night in the Valley of Mina.

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[m00se321]

I'm not going to go anymore, not enough bathrooms

[ronpack]

@ihdz75

I understand you 100%. I have never thrown a stone at the devil but I have fought against him in my own ways. I hope you believe this. God bless you and all of His people.

[ihdz75]

@ronpack The stoning of the jamarat also represents the repudiation of man's self (literally the "internal despot", and the act of casting aside one's low desires and wishes. 

[ihdz75]

@ronpack All three jamarat represent the devil: the first and largest represents his temptation of Abraham against sacrificing Ishmael (Ismāʻīl), the second represents the temptation of Abraham's wife Hagar to induce her to stop him, and the third represents his temptation of Ishmael to avoid being sacrificed. He was rebuked each time, and the throwing of the stones symbolizes those rebukes.

[ihdz75]

@ronpack Then he appeared to him at the Little Stone-Heap. Gabriel said to him: "Pelt him!" so he pelted him with seven stones like the little stones for throwing with a sling. So the Devil withdrew from him

[ihdz75]

@ronpack When he [Abraham] left Mina and was brought down to (the defile called) al-Aqaba, the Devil appeared to him at Stone-Heap of the Defile. Gabriel said to him: "Pelt him!" so Abraham threw seven stones at him so that he disappeared from him. Then he appeared to him at the Middle Stone-Heap. Gabriel said to him: "Pelt him!" so he pelted him with seven stones so that he disappeared from him.

[hajarjannah]

Kia ora ronpack: I really appreciate your comment but you dont understand 100%! Im Samoan so throwing stones at the wall as part of a ritual for hajj is not part of my culture. I do it because we are commanded by Allah swt to perform hajj and it is one of the pillars of Islam. We are also not throwing the stones at the wall to hurt satans feelings! It is a way of proving to Allah swt that we are obedient to him only & are not going to let anything provoke us into committing sinful acts.

[ronpack]

@hajarjannah

ok, i understand 100%. I understand your belief and why you believe in it. It is part of your culture and you have the right to do it. if it means a lot to you, then do it. my belief is different. i throw rocks at satan but not at a wall. I throw them in my mind. I don't need or want a wall to do it to because i do it everyday in my mind. does that make sense to you? I don't think throwing rocks at satan's wall will ever hurt his feelings. but pushing him away in your mind, can.

[hajarjannah]

Kia ora ronpack: Im from New Zealand & reverted to Islam in 2005 & was 1 of the pilgrims who threw stones at the wall during hajj 2009. We follow what Abraham did when satan appeared to him during the sacrifice of his son Ishmael, where Abraham threw stones at satan. Therefore the wall only represents satan & performing this ritual does not absolve our sins. By throwing the stones we are also attempting to cleanse ourselves of all the temptations that would provoke us to commit sinful acts.

[ronpack]

can you explain why people want to throw rocks at a stone wall? if the devil is real, he is not in that stone wall. he is in the hearts and minds of people. you mean to tell me that you can sin in your life then throw a rock at a stone wall then sinning in your life is ok? I don't understand...