Sulaiman bin Amr bin Ahwas reported on the authority of his mother: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ near the Jamrat al-Aqabah (the third or last pillar) riding (on a camel) and I saw a pebble between his fingers. He threw the pebbles and the people also threw (stones at the Jamrah).
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
1967. Commentary: The translation of the word "hijar" as "pebbles" is correct based on other narrations. Also, in these very narrations, the phrase «بين اصابعه »—that is, "between the fingers"—is also present. Otherwise, in the commonly understood sense, it is not permissible to throw stones.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 1967