LessonsBook of Hajj: Return to Mina, Stoning the Three Jamarahs, and Days of TashriqQuiz

Zawāl is a solar time marker, associated with the start of the Dhuhr period; it is not synonymous with attending the Dhuhr congregation.

If a pilgrim throws the pebbles at 9 a.m. on 11 Dhu al-Hijjah, the fact that daylight has begun does not fulfill the source's after-zawāl timing. The precise condition is the sun passing the meridian.

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Zawal is a solar marker

Book of Hajj: Return to Mina, Stoning the Three Jamarahs, and Days of Tashriq

Zawāl is a solar time marker, associated with the start of the Dhuhr period; it is not synonymous with attending the Dhuhr congregation.

If a pilgrim throws the pebbles at 9 a.m. on 11 Dhu al-Hijjah, the fact that daylight has begun does not fulfill the source's after-zawāl timing. The precise condition is the sun passing the meridian.