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English translation
860. 'Abbās bin Rabī'ah said: "I saw 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb kissing the (Black) Stone and saying: 'I am kissing you while I know that you are just a stone, and if I had not seen the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ kissing you, I would not kiss you.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)
(He said:) There are narrations on this topic from Abū Bakr and Ibn 'Umar.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of 'Umar is a Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge, they consider it recommended to kiss the (Black)
Stone. If it is not possible for him to reach it, then he touches it with his hand and kisses his hand. If he cannot reach it, then, when he is parallel to it, he faces it and says the Takbīr, and this is the saying of Ash-Shāfi'i.
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[1] Burd is a type of cloth, or a garment, that has designs or embroidery on it.
Commentary
This narration of 'Ābis bin Rabī'ah is also present in Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī and Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim. There it includes the words "you cannot benefit or harm anyone." 'Umar uttered these words purposely to make it clear that the Black Stone has no power to benefit or harm the people. Kissing this stone is only done following the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.
