A video clip circulated by various social media platforms aroused great sympathy from the followers, of a pilgrim with special needs helping another young man in a wheelchair to get up. Mercy Mountain in Arafat’s shrine.
The video spread widely and received comments from followers expressing feelings of love and admiration for the solidarity shown by the pilgrim, despite his being with special needs, but he refused to help his friend.
The pilgrims began this morning, Wednesday, stoning the Great Jamarat al-Aqaba in Mina near the holy city of Makkah, on the first day of Eid al-Adha, at the end of the most prominent stations of the Hajj rituals this year, which witnessed the participation of 1.8 million people.
From the early hours of the morning, groups of worshipers made their way through the Mina Valley to throw seven pebbles at a figurine that embodies the temptation of Satan.
After completion, the pilgrim dissolves his ihram by shaving or cutting his head, and then puts on his normal clothes.
1.8 million pilgrims
On Tuesday, the Saudi authorities announced the participation of more than 1.8 million pilgrims, 1.66 million of whom are from outside the Kingdom.
