Washing the stones for stoning the Jamaraat

Reference: al-Bid’u wal-Muhdathaat wa maa laa asla lahu – Page 404

Question: What is the ruling regarding washing the stones for stoning [the Jamaraat]?

Response: They should not be washed. Rather, if a person washes them with the intention of worshiping Allaah [by this action], then this is an innovation because the Prophet ﷺ did not do this.

He is a graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having graduated from the Institute of Arabic Language, and later the Faculty of Sharee'ah in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.

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