More than two million pilgrims began a second round of stoning walls symbolizing the devil on Tuesday without any reported untoward incident. A huge number of pilgrims began their mission after noon prayers while some preferred to stone from the early hours of the morning. Shaikh Ali Al-Musleh said that he received some pilgrims requesting Fatwa for throwing before Al-Dhuhr prayer to avoid jam. “I have asked them to follow the teachings of prophet Mohammed (PBUH)who threw after Dhuhr prayer” Shaikh Musleh said. “I told them to do it again,” he added. Osama Mohammed, 33, an Egyptian pilgrim, said he sees no trouble to throw before noon. “I think it is not forbidden if we look at the large number of pilgrims who will head to Al-Jamarat and I am here with my old mother,” he said. Al-Jamarat security forces played a major role to organize the huge number of pilgrims through the different gates leading to Al-Jamarat. “This is the fifth time I come for Haj. This year stoning is much easier. Three years ago, it was very difficult,” said Saad Al-Mohammad, 26, a Syrian secretary from Madina. “I felt that I was throwing the stones at the sins I had committed because of the devil,” said Mohammad, who like most male pilgrims had shaved his head after completing the main rituals earlier this week. Khaled Al-Enizi, a police officer responsible for pilgrims streaming on the bridge, said that they are paying more attention to Wednesday's rituals. “We will exert our effort to make it go smoothly,” he said. Policemen exerted huge effort to ban pilgrims from using streets or pavement so that others will find their ways to Al-Jamarat area easily. If a pilgrim intends to leave Mina before sunset and failed, he should stay for another day and perform the same rite of stoning. Ministry of Health announced in its daily reports that no major accidents or disease were registered.
