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    Jamrat al-Aqaba

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    Jamrat al-Aqaba (Arabic: الجمرة العقبة), also known as Jamrat al-Kubra (Arabic: الجمرة الكبرى; “the big pillar”), is one of the three Jamarat at which pebbles are thrown by Hajj pilgrims during the ritual of Rami on Yawm al-Nahr and Ayyam al-Tashreeq. It is the last of the three pillars from the direction of Mina.

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