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    • Nearly million pilgrims throwing Jamarat al-Aqaba on the first day of Eid al-Adha

    By on July 9, 2022

    Since the early morning hours of Saturday, about one million pilgrims began stoning the Jamarat al-Aqaba al-Kubra in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, on the first day of Eid-al-Adha. The Hajj season is taking place this year at a time when the Corona Virus has returned to spread in many regions of the world. 

    The stoning of the devil ritual includes  stoning three pillars which symbolize the devil and the sins.

    On the first day of Eid-al-Adha, pilgrims throw small pebbles or stones, which they gathered the night before in Muzdalifah, at the “Great Aqaba” column.

    Pilgrims will be walking in crowds though a multi-level structure housing three pillars symbolizing the devil.

    The ritual is an emulation of Prophet Ibrahim’s stoning of the devil at the three spots where he is said to have appeared trying to dissuade him from obeying God’s order to sacrifice his son, Ismael. 

    Hajj is considered the world’s largest religious gathering, with about 2.5 million people performing the ritual in 2019.

    However, due to Covid-19, the Kingdom had sharply decreased the number of pilgrims allowed to perform the ritual.

    This year, the Kingdom allowed one million pilgrims from inside and outside the country to participate. 

    Saudi authorities have fully equipped 93 healthcare centers across the holy sites in Mecca to provide pilgrims participating in the annual Hajj pilgrimage with quick and direct health services.

    Meanwhile, 23 people have been caught violating the rules and regulations of Hajj by transporting people unauthorized to perform the annual ritual and will be fined, SPA reported. 

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