Moreover, the sun’s passing its zenith marks the time for throwing the pebbles during the days at Minā, just as sunrise does on the Day of Sacrifice. On the Day of Sacrifice, once the time for throwing began, the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—did not perform any of that day’s other acts of worship before it.

Al-Tirmidhī and Ibn Mājah also related in their respective Sunan collections (1), on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbās:

“The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—would throw the pebbles at the pillars when the sun passed its zenith.”

Ibn Mājah added: “At such a time that, when he had finished throwing, he would pray Zuhr.”

Al-Tirmidhī said that it was a good hadith. However, the chain of transmission in al-Tirmidhī’s report includes al-Hajjāj ibn Artāh, while that in Ibn Mājah’s report includes Ibrāhīm ibn ‘Uthmān ibn Shaybah (2), Abū Shaybah, whose reports cannot be relied upon as evidence (3). Nevertheless, there is no other report on this matter.

Imam Ahmad mentioned (4) that he would throw the pebbles on the Day of Sacrifice while riding, whereas during the days at Minā he would walk both to and from the pillars.

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His pilgrimage—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—thus included six stops for supplication: