Whoever stands at ʿArafah—even for an instant—at any time from the dawn of ʿArafah Day until1 the dawn of the Day of Sacrifice, while still eligible to perform the rites, his ḥajj is valid; otherwise, it is not. If he stands during the day but departs before sunset and does not return beforehand, he must offer a compensatory animal. One who stands only at night, however, incurs no penalty.

After sunset he moves on to Muzdalifah with composure, quickening his pace2 through the open valley. There he combines the two evening prayers, spends the night, and it is permissible for him to leave after midnight; leaving before that requires a blood-sacrifice, as does arriving there after dawn rather than before it.

At daybreak he performs the dawn prayer, then proceeds to al-Mashʿar al-Ḥarām, ascending it3—or standing beside it—praising and magnifying Allah and reciting the two verses, “When you stream down from ʿArafāt…”4. He continues in supplication until the light of day becomes clear.

Upon reaching the Valley of Muḥassir he hastens for the length of a stone’s throw, then gathers the pebbles—seventy in all, each about the size of a chickpea or a hazelnut.

When he arrives at Minā—which stretches from the Valley of Muḥassir to the ʿAqabah pillar—he throws seven consecutive pebbles at the Jamrah, raising his right hand until the whiteness of his armpit is visible and pronouncing takbīr with each throw. Pelting with anything other than these pebbles, or re-using the same pebble, is invalid. He does not pause there and stops the talbiyah beforehand. The preferred time for throwing is after sunrise, though it is valid after midnight as well.

Next he sacrifices his offering, if he has one, and shaves or shortens all of his hair; a woman trims an amount equal to a fingertip. Thereafter everything becomes lawful to him except marital intimacy.