The symbolic stoning of the devil during Hajj is known by what Arabic term?

The symbolic stoning of the devil during Hajj is known as Ramy al-Jamarat.

The Arabic phrase means the throwing or pelting of the jamarat, the three stoning sites at Mina near Mecca. On the 10th of Dhu al-Hijjah, Eid al-Adha, pilgrims throw seven pebbles at Jamrat al-Aqabah, the largest site. On the following two days, they normally throw seven pebbles at each of the three sites.

The ritual commemorates the Islamic account of Abraham rejecting Satan’s temptations. The stones are not believed to contain magical power, and the targets are walls today rather than the tall pillars used before 2004. The act symbolically expresses rejection of temptation and disobedience.

Ramy al-Jamarat is often loosely called “stoning the devil,” but it should not be confused with tawaf, circumambulation of the Kaaba, or sa'i, the passage between Safa and Marwa. Pilgrims commonly collect pebbles at Muzdalifah before the first throwing.