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The 10th: Stoning Jamrat al-'Aqabah
The 10th of Dhul-Hijjah is the Day of Sacrifice (Yawm al-Nahr), the day of Eid. Its first rite is stoning Jamrat al-'Aqabah, the large jamrah on the Makkah side of Mina. On this day only this one is stoned.
Throw seven small pebbles at it, one at a time, saying "Allahu akbar" with each, as the Prophet ﷺ did from the bottom of the valley. He stoned it in the morning after sunrise, and he kept saying the talbiyah until he stoned it.
The Prophet ﷺ stoned while riding and said, "Take your rites from me, for I do not know whether I will perform hajj after this hajj of mine."
اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Allahu akbar
Allah is the Greatest.
The four schools differ on some details. Show them
Each school's ruling, with the schools that share it named together.
When does the time for stoning Jamrat al-'Aqabah begin?
The schools are split two and two.
Show each school
- From dawn on the 10thHanafi · Maliki
- From midnight before the 10thShafi'i · Hanbali
- Hanafi
- The time begins at dawn on the Day of Sacrifice, and stoning after sunrise is the sunnah.
- Maliki
- The time begins at dawn on the Day of Sacrifice, and stoning before it does not count.
- Shafi'i
- The time begins at midnight, since the Prophet ﷺ let the weak leave Muzdalifah during the night, though stoning after sunrise is best.
- Hanbali
- Stoning after midnight counts, though the sunnah is to stone after sunrise.
- Sahih Muslim 1218Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih Muslim 1299Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih al-Bukhari 1544 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih al-Bukhari 1685 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih Muslim 1281Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih Muslim 1297Sahih · in the two Sahihs
What the hadith grades mean
- Sahih (authentic): an unbroken chain of trustworthy, precise narrators, free of hidden flaws or contradiction. It is acted upon.
- Hasan (good): like sahih, but a narrator's precision is slightly lighter. It is also accepted and acted upon. "Hasan sahih" means it reaches sahih by its routes.
- Da'if (weak): a break in the chain or a narrator who is not reliable enough. It is not used to establish beliefs or rulings.
- Very weak (munkar, matruk): a seriously flawed chain or a narrator accused of lying. It is not relied on at all.
- Mawdu' (fabricated): falsely attributed to the Prophet ﷺ. It may not be narrated as his words except to warn against it.
- The two Sahihs: every hadith with a full chain in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim is accepted as sahih by the scholars of hadith.
- Historical report: biographies and histories (Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabari) record events with chains that are often incomplete. They are used for the story, not for rulings.
- Hadith scholars grade a narration; the four madhhabs do not. Where a hadith carries a ruling, the page shows which schools act on it.
The positions of the four schools are summarised from their standard references and are pending review by a qualified scholar. Follow the school you were taught, and for your own situation, ask a scholar.
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