He stones after sunrise, though it is valid after midnight. He then sacrifices an animal if he has one with him, and shaves his entire head or shortens all of his hair. A woman shortens it by the length of a fingertip, …

His statement, “He stones after sunrise”: the subject is the pilgrim. Stoning after sunrise is preferable, because the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, “stoned after sunrise” (1).

Issues:

First: Whoever acts as another’s proxy in stoning must first throw seven pebbles on his own behalf, then on behalf of the first person who appointed him, then the second, then the third. That is, he must distinguish each person’s stoning by a separate set of seven pebbles. Some jurists used to say that he must stone the three jamarāt on his own behalf, then return and stone the three on behalf of his first principal, then return and stone the three on behalf of his second principal. However, there is no clear evidence for this, so we do not impose it upon people; for if we did, it would cause tremendous hardship.

Second: The jurists, may Allah have mercy on them, said: If one wishes to stone on behalf of a child, it is preferable to place the pebbles in the child’s hand, then take them and throw them on the child’s behalf—meaning that they carry the children along with them.

Third: Is it permissible for one who has not performed Hajj to be appointed as a proxy for stoning?

Our jurists, may Allah have mercy on them, said: The proxy must have performed Hajj that year.

His statement, “though it is valid after midnight,” means that stoning is valid after