Thus, Minā lies within the Sacred Precinct and is a ritual site; Muhassir lies within the Sacred Precinct but is not a ritual site; Muzdalifah lies within the Sacred Precinct and is a ritual site; and ‘Uranah is not a ritual site and lies outside the Sacred Precinct. ‘Arafah lies outside the Sacred Precinct and is a ritual site (1).
He followed the middle route between the two roads (2), which leads to the largest jamrah (stoning site), until (3) he reached Minā. He then came to Jamrat al-‘Aqabah and stopped at the bottom of the valley, with the Sacred House to his left and Minā to his right. Facing the jamrah while on his mount, he threw the pebbles at it after sunrise, remaining mounted and throwing them one by one, proclaiming Allah’s greatness with each pebble. At that point, he stopped reciting the talbiyah (pilgrimage invocation).
Throughout that journey, he continued reciting the talbiyah until he began throwing the pebbles. Bilāl and Usāmah were with him as he did so: one held his she-camel’s halter, while the other shaded him from the heat with a cloth (4). This provides evidence that a pilgrim in the state of ihram may use a camel litter or the like for shade, if this incident of shading him took place on the Day of Sacrifice (5). If, however, it occurred afterward, during the days at Minā, it provides no evidence for that conclusion. The hadith does not specify when it occurred (6). Allah knows best (7).