he reached level ground (1). He stood facing the qiblah, then raised his hands and supplicated at length, for as long as it takes to recite Sūrat al-Baqarah. He then went to the middle pillar and threw pebbles at it in the same manner. Next, he descended to the left, towards the valley, and stood facing the qiblah with his hands raised, supplicating for nearly as long as he had stood the first time. He then approached the third pillar, Jamrat al-‘Aqabah, took his position on the valley floor facing the pillar, with the House to his left and Minā to his right, and threw seven pebbles at it in the same manner (2).

He did not throw at it from above, as the ignorant do, nor did he place it to his right and face the House while throwing, as more than one jurist has described.

When he had finished throwing, he returned immediately without stopping there. Some have said this was because the mountain left little room. Others have said—and this is more correct—that he supplicated during the act of worship itself, before completing it; once he had thrown at Jamrat al-‘Aqabah, the stoning was complete. Supplicating within an act of worship, before completing it (3), is better than doing so (4) after completing it. This (5) was his Sunnah regarding supplication in prayer: he would supplicate within the prayer itself. As for supplication after completing it, it has not been established that he habitually did so. Whoever has reported this of him has erred in attributing it to him, although it is reported outside the authentic collections that he would sometimes supplicate