Is it permissible to stone the Jamarat on behalf of seven people, and suffice with throwing a single pebble with the intention and takbir, instead of throwing seven pebbles for each person?
It is permissible for someone unable to stone to appoint a proxy to stone on their behalf, provided that the proxy stones for themselves first, then for those they represent. If the person stoning casts more than one pebble in a single throw, only one is counted according to the majority of scholars. If the questioner stones for himself and his parents seven pebbles for each jamrah and with every throw, then there is no blood sacrifice due. However, if the stoning is deficient, even by a single pebble, then whoever's stoning was deficient owes a sheep to be slaughtered and distributed among the poor of the . If the deficiency was in the questioner's stoning, then he owes the . If it was in the stoning of his parents, then he must inform them so they can appoint someone to slaughter a sheep on behalf of each of them.
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