in continuous succession as is commonly practiced.
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The scholars explain that Ibn Masʿūd pointed to Sūrah al-Baqarah because it contains many of the rulings that govern the rites of pilgrimage.
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The report also supports the practice of naming Qur’anic chapters after the persons, events, or items mentioned in them—such as “The Cow,” “The Elephant,” “The Night Journey,” “The Poets,” and the like—for Ibn Masʿūd, may Allah be pleased with him, was among the Companions most versed in the Qur’an.
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Al-Qastallānī noted that Jamrat al-ʿAqabah is set apart from the other two Jamrahs in four respects: it alone is stoned on the Day of Sacrifice; no standing for supplication is made at it; it is stoned in the forenoon; and, preferably, it is targeted from its lower side.