Standing for supplication after the first two Jamarat
Al-Wuquf lil-du'a ba'd ramy al-Jamratayn (al-Sughra wa al-Wusta)
Overview
On the days of Tashreeq, after stoning the first (smaller) and second (middle) Jamarat — but not the last — it is sunnah to step aside from the crowd, face the Qiblah, and make a long du'a with raised hands.
Du'a
After stoning the first (al-Sughra) and second (al-Wusta) jamarat on the days of Tashreeq, withdraw to clear ground, face the qiblah, raise your hands and supplicate at length — there is no fixed wording. (There is no such standing after Jamrat al-'Aqabah.)
Qur'an
No direct Qur'anic text prescribes this standing for supplication; it is established by the Sunnah. Indirect context — Surah Al-Baqarah:'وَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ فِي أَيَّامٍ مَّعْدُودَاتٍ'('And remember Allah during [these] numbered days'). The 'numbered days' (ayyam ma'dudat) are the days of Tashreeq at Mina on which the stoning and its accompanying dhikr and dua take place, so the dua after the jamarat falls under the general command to remember Allah on these days.
'وَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ فِي أَيَّامٍ مَّعْدُودَاتٍ'Reference · Qur'an 2:203
Hadith
PRIMARY: Narrated Salim (RH) (from his father 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar (RA)) — 'Ibn 'Umar (RA) used to stone Jamrat al-Dunya (al-Sughra, the jamrah nearest the Khayf mosque) with seven pebbles, saying takbir with each pebble; then he would go forward until he reached level ground, where he would stand facing the qiblah for a long time supplicating with his hands raised. Then he would stone the middle jamrah (al-Wusta), then go to the left onto level ground, stand facing the qiblah and remain standing a long time supplicating with his hands raised. Then he would stone Jamrat al-'Aqabah from the bottom of the valley, but he would not stand by it; he would leave and say: Thus I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) do it.'. The narration sits under al-Bukhari's chapter heading (Bab 140): 'After doing Rami of the two Jamrat one should invoke Allah' (باب إِذَا رَمَى الْجَمْرَتَيْنِ يَقُومُ وَيُسْهِلُ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةِ). Parallel narrations of the same practice appear in the same chapter.
References · Sahih al-Bukhari 1751 · Sahih al-Bukhari 1752
Grade · Sahih (al-Bukhari)
Applies to
All Hajj types equally (Tamattu', Qiran, Ifrad); there is no difference in this sunnah between them.
If missed
No penalty (it is a recommended sunnah, not a wajib). Omitting the standing dua forfeits only its reward; the ramy itself and the Hajj remain fully valid, and no dam or fidyah is due.
Timing & place
The days of Tashreeq only — the 11th, the 12th, and (for those who delay, nafr thani) the 13th of Dhul-Hijjah — performed immediately after stoning al-Sughra and again after al-Wusta, which are themselves stoned after zawal (past midday) per the majority. It does not occur on the Day of Nahr (10th), because on that day only Jamrat al-'Aqabah is stoned and there is no standing after it.
Mina — beside Jamrat al-Sughra (nearest Masjid al-Khayf) and Jamrat al-Wusta (the middle). The pilgrim moves forward or aside onto clear, level ground away from the throwing area, then faces the qiblah to supplicate.
Common mistakes
- •Standing to supplicate after Jamrat al-'Aqabah (there is no basis for it — one should walk on)
- •Stopping to make the dua right in the throwing zone and blocking the crowd instead of withdrawing to clear ground
- •Skipping the dua altogether in haste
- •Assuming the standing applies on the 10th (Day of Nahr), when only al-'Aqabah is stoned
- •Treating the standing as obligatory and feeling one has sinned by omitting it
Across the madhabs
No divergence between the four schools is recorded for this act in this reference.
Notes
The wisdom in not standing after al-'Aqabah is that it is the last jamrah stoned that day, so the pilgrim departs after it; whereas al-Sughra and al-Wusta are followed by further rites, giving a natural pause for dua. The supplication has no fixed text — any dua is valid, and it is a prized moment of du'a during Hajj. Some narrations describe Ibn 'Umar (RA) standing for a very long time; the length is left to the pilgrim. This standing-dua is distinct from the takbir said with each individual pebble.