the jamarat is prescribed only for the establishment of the remembrance of Allah” (1). Thus, its wisdom lies in establishing the remembrance of Allah, glorifying Allah, may He be exalted, and realizing complete devotion. For a person’s taking pebbles and throwing them at this place demonstrates the fullness of his submission, since people may not submit to something until they understand the purpose for which it was prescribed.
As for the claim that the throwing here is merely intended to enrage Satan, it has no basis—except in the general sense that Satan is enraged when a servant obeys Allah. Based on this baseless notion, some common people approach the jamrah in a state of intense agitation and anger, their eyes reddened, striking with the largest stone they can find, or with sandals and pieces of wood. They may even utter reprehensible words of insult and cursing directed at these sacred rites.
His statement, “Throwing with anything other than them is not valid,” means: with anything other than pebbles, even if it is something valuable. Al-Rawd states: “Such as jewels, gold, and metals.” Since this matter is an act of worship prescribed in a particular manner, if one throws jewels, diamonds, iron, wood, clay, or cement, it is not valid. However, if broken cement contains pebbles, throwing with those pebbles is valid.
His statement, “nor with them a second time,” means that it is not valid to throw with a pebble that has already been thrown. They offered the following reasoning:
First: Water that has been used for an obligatory purification does not remove