Practical Hajj Guide

Eleventh Thul Hijjah (4th Day of Hajj)

**You must spend the night in Mina

**Make certain to offer all your prayers while in Minaa in congregation.

*These days are known as Ayyaam at-Tashreeq and one is to remember Allaah abundantly during them. It is prescribed to say takbeer after the fardh prayers on these days.

*Begin pelting the three pillars after Thuhr/zawaal once you’ve collected 21 pebbles from any place in Mina.

**Start by pelting the small pillar, then the middle one and finally the large one.

**Pelt each with seven pebbles (one after the other, saying takbeer after each pebble).

*It is sunnah when pelting the small and middle pillar to do so while facing the qiblah and the pillar being before you. Then go aside (away from the crowd) and face the qiblah and supplicate to Allaah.

*While pelting the large pillar, do so while the k’abah is to your left and Mina is to your right and leave right after that without standing to make du’aa.

Note: It is not permissible to assign someone to pelt on your behalf unless you are incapable of doing so either in the day or at night.

**You must spend the night in Mina.

Some Errors Committed on the Eleventh

1. Pelting before zawaal. One who does so must expiate by offering a sacrifice, unless they repeated the pelting at the appointed time.

2. A common error is for people to pelt in the wrong order (i.e. large to small). Whoever does so must repeat the pelting.

3. Some think you have to hit the actual pillar while pelting not realizing that the pillar has been placed there to simply point out the area in which pelting must occur.

4. Some may throw all seven stones at once and this is incorrect. If one does it, that would count as only one throw (i.e. one pebble).

5. Some pelt from very far away and they would not be able to tell whether the pebbles at least landed in the well around the pillar.

6. Wasting time in unnecessary matters while Allaah says:

And when you have completed your rites, remember Allah like your [previous] remembrance of your fathers or with [much] greater remembrance. And among the people is he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world," and he will have in the Hereafter no share. (2:200)