Kuwaiti pilgrims performing the annual religious rituals at the holiest Muslim shrines in the Kingdom have arrived at Mina, having concluded the services on Mount Arafat and spent the night in Muzdalifah.
Immediately upon arrival at Mina, the faithful scrambled to collect pebbles and tiny stones, hurling them at the walls that resemble iblis (the devil), symbolizing their defiance of his plots to deviate them from the straight course of faith, then they got involved in other rituals, namely shaving, hair cutting as well as sacrificial slaughtering of cattle.
Roumi Al-Roumi, the head of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Awqaf's delegation, told KUNA, on Saturday, that most of the Kuwaiti pilgrims concluded the services, revealing that a single citizen passed away due to natural causes on Arafat.
The pilgrims will remain in Mina for three days to spend the three "tashreeq days," he said.
He lauded the Minister of Interior and the Acting Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, for closely following on condition of Kuwaiti pilgrims -- namely his guidelines to help them resolve any problems they may face while performing the rituals.