Pilgrims perform the most important rituals of Hajj, "throwing Jamarat al-Aqaba al-Kubra"
ARK News… On Wednesday morning, the pilgrims began throwing the Jamarat of the al- Aqaba al -Kubra in Mina near the holy city of Makkah, on the first day of Eid al-Adha, at the end of the most prominent stations of the Hajj rituals this year, which witnessed the participation of 1.8 million people.
From the early hours of the morning, groups of worshipers made their way through the Mina Valley to throw seven pebbles at a figurine that embodies the temptation of Satan.
These rituals take place in a huge multi-story building built by the Saudi authorities to avoid a stampede that in the past led to bloody accidents.
After completion, the pilgrim dissolves his ihram by shaving or cutting his head, and then puts on his normal clothes
After the ritual stoning, pilgrims return to the Grand Mosque in Mecca to perform the "farewell circumambulation" around the Ka’aba in the Grand Mosque.
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