Mirza Ferdous Alam
Ramy al-Jamarat or throwing stones
Hundreds of thousands of Pilgrims gather at Mina near Makkah. The mammoth building complex in the background of the human ocean is the place where stones are thrown towards three wide pillars inside the complex. This is an important ritual which the pilgrims perform at the later stages of Hajj signifying their defiance of the Devil. This symbolizes the trials experienced by Prophet Abraham (pbuh) while he was going to sacrifice his son as demanded by Allah. The Devil challenged him three times, and three times the Prophet Abraham (pbuh) refused. Each pillar marks the location of one of these refusals and stones are thrown for three consecutive days by the pilgrims
Ramy al-Jamarat or throwing stones
Hundreds of thousands of Pilgrims gather at Mina near Makkah. The mammoth building complex in the background of the human ocean is the place where stones are thrown towards three wide pillars inside the complex. This is an important ritual which the pilgrims perform at the later stages of Hajj signifying their defiance of the Devil. This symbolizes the trials experienced by Prophet Abraham (pbuh) while he was going to sacrifice his son as demanded by Allah. The Devil challenged him three times, and three times the Prophet Abraham (pbuh) refused. Each pillar marks the location of one of these refusals and stones are thrown for three consecutive days by the pilgrims