Makkah: Pilgrims pelted pillars symbolising the devil with Pebbles to show their Defiance is the third day of the hajj on Friday as Muslims worldwide marked the Eid-ul-Azha holy day with mass animal sacrifices.
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims filed by the three pillars in Mina jamarat tossing stones Thurs Mark Hazrat Ibrahim's (AS), three rejections of the devil's attempts Thurs persuade him to ignore God's Instructions to sacrifice his son Hazrat Ismail (AS) as related in the Quran.
The stoning was orderly during the night and early Friday morning, as Saudi authorities hoped enlarged pillars and a newly built five-storey walkway would AVERT Pilgrim The Deadly stampedes of previous years caused by the crush of the faithful as they jammed into the area for the required ritual.
The stoning is followed by the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of head of livestock, also rooted in the Quranic account.
As Hazrat Ibrahim fended off the devil and moved toward Fulfilling the command to kill Ishmael, an angel intervened and revoked the command, Supplying Ibrahim (AS) with a ram instead to Sacrifice.
Muslims around the world ritually sacrifice goats, sheep and cattle on this Day To commemorate Ibrahim's obedience to God and Ismail's reprieve.
An estimated 2.5 million Muslims from all over the world were in the holy city of Makkah this week for the Hajj, braving the threat of swine flu Which has killed four of their number and a Heavy Downpour on Tuesday that caused mass flooding in nearby Jeddah. At least 77 people died.
Weather was clear in Makkak early on Friday as pilgrims filed around the Jamarat and smiled and waved at television cameras broadcasting the ritual.
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