Before day break on the third day, Muslims from Muzdalifah to Mina. According to some traditions, this had something to do with the prophet Ibrahim (PBUH).as Muslims throw seven pebbles at each of these pillars, they remember the story of Satan’s (Devils) attempt to persuade Ibrahim (PBUH) to disobey gods command to sacrifice his son.
Following the cast of the pebbles, most Muslims sacrifice a goat, sheep or some other animal. they give the meat to the poor after, in some cases, keeping a small portion for themselves as the Muslims have, at this stage, finished a major part if the hajj, they are now allowed to put on everyday clothes. On this day Muslims from around the world share the happiness the Muslims feel and join them by performing identical, individual sacrifices in a world wide celebration of Id al-Adha, (the festival of Sacrifice).
Men shave their heads and women cut off a symbolic lock. This is done as a symbol of humanity.
Muslims still in Mina, Muslims visit Makkah to perform another rite of the hajj .the tawaf, the seven –fold circling of the kabah with as prayer recited during each circuits .the symbol of gods oneness implies that all human activity must have god at its centre. It also symbolizes the unity of god and man.
Completing the tawaf Muslims pray, preferably at the station of Ibrahim, the site were Ibrahim (PBUH) stood while he built the kabah. Then they drink the water of zamzam.
They say that Hagar ran for the search of water for Ishmael’s (PBUH) thirst. She ran back and forth seven times between two rocky hillocks ,Al-Safa and Al Marwah ,until she found the sacred water known as zamzam.This water ,which sprang forth miraculously under Ishmael’s tiny feet, is now enclosed in a marble chamber the kabah.
All the Muslims now return to Mina, where they stay up to the 12th or 13th day of Zul-hijjah.There they throw the remaining pebbles at each of the pillars in the manner either practiced or approved by the prophet (PBUH).Then they leave the friends they have made during hajj. Before leaving Makkah, however, Muslims usually make a final tawaf round the kabah to bid farewell to the holy city.