Muslim pilgrims streamed down Mount Arafat with the sunset on Monday, heading to Muzdalifah, after carrying out the main hajj ritual by spending the whole day on Arafat.
In Muzdalifah, which is located between Mina and Arafat, the pilgrims will collect pebbles, to be used the following day to hurl at three large walls representing Satan at al-Jamarat Bridge, between Mecca and Mina.
The symbolic “stoning of the devil” is followed by the ritual sacrifice of an animal, usually a lamb.
During the remaining three days of the hajj, the pilgrims continue the stoning ritual before performing the circumambulation of the Holy Kaaba in Mecca and heading home.
