I threw the pebbles on behalf of my wife and my self

Q 1: To avoid the crowds of people who gather at the Jamarat (stone pillars marking the pebble-throwing area, Jamarat-ul-`Aqabah being the closest to Makkah), I threw the pebbles (at the pebble-throwing area during Hajj) on the 11th and 12th of Dhul-Hijjah on behalf of my wife, though she is young and capable of doing this, as we hastened to leave Mina on the 12th of Dhul-Hijjah. As for Jamarat-ul-`Aqabah (the closest pebble-throwing area to Makkah), we threw the pebbles at it together. When I threw the pebbles on the 11th of Dhul-Hijjah, I found that there were crowds of people and had I brought my wife with me, she would not have been able to throw the pebbles by herself. But on the 12th of Dhul-Hijjah, we and all the passengers packed our belongings and got on the bus, which then stood far away from the Jamarat. My wife stayed in the bus along with the other women, and I went to throw the pebbles on behalf of myself and her, following the `Asr (Afternoon) Prayer. When I reached the Jamarat, I found no crowds, but it was too difficult to go back to the bus to bring my wife to throw the pebbles at the Jamarat by herself, so I threw them on my and her behalf and then returned to the bus. What is the ruling on this; should my wife or I do anything?

A: If the reality is as you mentioned, your wife should offer Dam (atonement required of a pilgrim for a willful violation of a prohibition or obligation while in the ritual state for Hajj and `Umrah), (Part No. 10; Page No. 330) which is a sheep meeting the same conditions for an Ud-hiyah (sacrificial animal offered by non-pilgrims) that should be slaughtered in Makkah and distributed among the poor people of the Haram (all areas within the Sacred Sanctuary of Makkah). If she can not do this, she should fast for ten days, for there was no excuse that exempts her from throwing the pebbles directly at the Jamarat.