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    Jamrat al-Ula

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    Jamrat al-Ula (Arabic: الجمرة الاولى; “the first pillar”), also known as Jamrat al-Sughra (Arabic: الجمرة الصغرى; “the small pillar”), is one of the three Jamarat at which pebbles are thrown by Hajj pilgrims performing the ritual of Rami during Ayyam al-Tashreeq. It is the first of the three pillars from the direction of Mina.

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