three Jamarat on each of the three days after Eid. They must be stoned in the prescribed order. This has already been discussed under the description of Hajj, but the stoning is among the obligatory rites. The evidence for this is that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said concerning the stoning: “Circumambulation of the House, the going between Safa and Marwah, and the stoning of the Jamarat were prescribed only for the establishment of the remembrance of Allah.” (1) He also said: “Take your rites from me.” (2) And he said: “Stone with pebbles like these.” (3) His consistent observance of it, and his command that we stone with pebbles of this kind, indicate that it is obligatory. Moreover, it is an act upon which release from the state of ihram depends, and so it must be obligatory, in order to distinguish between being released from ihram and remaining in ihram.

The stoning must be performed in order; it must be done with stones; and it must consist of seven pebbles. This has already been discussed in detail under the description of Hajj, so there is no need to repeat it.

His statement, “and shaving”: this is the sixth obligation. Shaving means shaving the head, though shortening the hair serves in its place. For this reason, the author said in the commentary: “or shortening.” The evidence for shaving is the practice of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, (4) and the fact that Allah the Exalted made it a distinguishing feature of Hajj and ‘Umrah, saying: “You will certainly enter the Sacred Mosque, if Allah wills, in security, with your heads shaved.” [al-Fath 48:27] The scholars said: when one part of an act of worship is used to refer to the entire act, this indicates that it is obligatory within it.

His statement, “and the farewell”: this is the seventh obligation, namely the Farewell Tawaf. It consists solely of circumambulating the House, without sa‘i or ihram. It is among the obligations of Hajj, as the author and many scholars have classified it, because