Ramy al-Jamarat: Difference between revisions

'''Ramy''' (stoning, {{ia|الرمي}}) is done twice in [[hajj]]. As the fourth obligation of hajj and the first rite performed in Mina, On the [[10th of Dhu l-Hijja]], ramy (stoning) at [[al-Jamara al-Aqaba]] (the last jamara) should be performed. As the thirteenth obligation of hajj and the fifth practice at Minā all the three jamaras are stoned.

The ramy (stoning) at the three jamaras is obligatory but it is not considered a fundamental element (rukn) of hajj, so if someone does not perform it his/her hajj is not void. For a person who forgets ramy of all the three jamaras and goes out of the land of Minā if he/she remembers during the [[days of Tashrīq]], it is obligatory to return back to Minā if possible, and perform ramy; otherwise he/she must appoint a representative for doing it on his behalf. If he/she remembers it after the days of Tashrīq or deliberately delays it, on the basis of obligatory caution, he/she or his/her representative should return to Minā to do it and perform ramy again next year with intention of qaḍāʾ or appoint a representative for this purpose. If a person forgets ramy at jamaras and goes out of the holy city of Mecca, on the basis of obligatory caution, should perform it with intention of qaḍāʾ next year or appoint a representative for the act.  

Ramy (stoning) of al-al-Jamara al-ʿAqaba (the last jamara) on the 10th of Dhu l-Hijja ([[Eid al-Adha]]) is the fourth obligation of hajj and the first rite performed in the land of Minā.  

The women and the weak —who are allowed to go from [[al-Mashʿar al-Haram]] to [[Mina]] during the night before the [[Eid al-Adha]] (see [[wuquf at al-Mashʿar al-Haram]])— may perform ramy (stoning) at al-al-Jamara al-ʿAqaba at night in case they are unable to perform it on the day of Eid al-Adha. Rather, all women can perform ramy at night, provided that the ramy is for the hajj they are doing, whether they are performing their own hajj or [the whole hajj] [[Hajj on behalf|on behalf]] of another person. But, on the basis of obligatory caution, if a woman is doing [only] ramy on behalf of another person, her act of performing ramy is incorrect at night even if she is unable to do it during the day. Those who accompany the women or the weak may perform ramy (stoning) at al-al-Jamara al-ʿAqaba during the night only if they are themselves excused. Otherwise, it is obligatory that ramy (stoning) should occur during the day.

One should throw stones at all the three jamaras (the first, the middle and the last) during the day after the night in which [[baytuta at Minā]] (staying the night at Minā) is obligatory.

The order to perform ramy is as follows: Firstly, ramy al-Jamara al-Ulā (the first jamara) followed by al-Jamara al-Wusṭā (the middle jamara) and finally al-Jamara al-ʿAqaba (the last jamara) should be stoned. One should throw seven pebbles at each jamara according to the prescribed method and conditions.