The “numbered days” referred to here are the two or three days that are spent in Minā after the yaum al-naḥr, and they are known by the name of ayyām al-tashrīq or the days of tashrīq. The word tashrīq is derived from sharq signifying east; but, according to some, these three days of pilgrimage are given the name tashrīq because one of its meanings is spreading out flesh in the sun for the purpose of drying it, and the flesh of the sacrificed animals was dried during these days to form part of provision for the journey (N.). Another explanation is that they were so named because the animals were sacrificed after the rising of the sun, which is also one of the meanings of tashrīq (N.). But, again, tashrīq also means going east (LL.), and Minā lies to the east of Makkah; or it may have a deeper spiritual significance in that it also means being beautiful and shining in the face (LL.). In pre-Islamic days, after the performance of ḥajj, men used to boast of the greatness of their fathers when they gathered together in ‘Ukāẓ and other markets. Islām discontinued this and set apart these days for the glorification of God.

Ramy al-jimār

During the last day of ḥajj, the 10th Dhi-l-Ḥijjah and the three tashrīq days, the pilgrims are required to cast stones at certain fixed places. This is know as ramy al-jimār (ramy meaning throwing, and jimār, pl. of jamrah, meaning small stones). Each of the three places in Minā, where stones are thrown, is also called Jamrah, because of the throwing or the collection of stones there. Of the three Jamrahs, that nearest to Makkah is called Jamrah ‘Aqabah, being situated on the ‘Aqabah; the second Jamrah wusṭā or the middle Jamrah, is near the Mosque of Minā; and a little further on is the third, the Jamrah ṣughra, or the smallest Jamrah. The practice of the Holy Prophet is thus described. On the yaum al-naḥr he threw stones in the forenoon, and in tashrīq days in the afternoon (Bu. 25:134). Again, while a start was made with Jamrah ‘Aqabah on the yaum al-naḥr, the order was reversed in the tashrīq days. The number of stones thrown at each Jamrah was seven, and every stone thrown was accompanied with takbīr (Bu. 25:138). It is also related that after throwing stones at the first Jamrah he proceeded a little further, and then stood for a long time