Historical and spiritual significance

The ritual recreates Abraham (Ibrahim) pilgrimage to Mecca, as explained by the Muslim historian Al-Azraqi:
When he [Abraham] Mina left and was reduced to (the gorge called) al-Aqaba, the devil was appeared in the House of Heap of the glen. Gabriel told him: "Pelt him!" Thus Abraham threw seven stones at him so that he disappeared from him. Then he appeared to him at the Casa de Medio Heap. Gabriel told him: "Pelt him!" so they threw him with seven stones so that he disappeared from him. Then he appeared in the small house of Heap. Gabriel told him: "Pelt him!" so they threw seven stones at him like small stones to throw with a sling. So the devil withdrew from him.
All three jamarat represent the devil: the first and largest represents the temptation of Abraham against the sacrifice of Ishmael (Ismail), the second represents the temptation to Agar the wife of Abraham to induce her to stop him, and the third represents the temptation of Ishmael to avoid being sacrificed. He was rebuked every time, and the throwing of the stones symbolizes the reproaches.
The stoning of the jamarat also represents the self-denial of man (literally, the "inner despot," al-nafs al-Amara) and the act of setting aside low desires and desires. As an Islamic theologian says,
If one is able to crush the al-nafs al-Amara during the stoning of the Jamarah al-'Uqbah [the Jamrah of Aqaba], then one has taken the next step in attaining closeness to God, and since between the servant and God there is only the distance of a step, if one has been able to take this step and make it proper past the low desires and desires, then what follows is the level of closeness to God.
During those two or three days after the Eid that one is in Mina, one must Jamarat stone three, which means that one must pass over his internal despot (al-nafs al-Amara), the external despot of the Demon of the geniuses (Iblis and others like him), and the Demon among human beings (the enemies of religion and humanity).

The stoning of the Jamarat three is, in essence, the running over of despots and waging a war against all of them. When you focus on them and hate them, then you automatically focus on full attention to yourself - and rightly so - while stoning the Jamarat, one must completely focus on himself.

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