Narrated Zaid bin Aslam from his father who said: `Umar bin Al-Khattab addressed the Corner (Black Stone) saying, 'By Allah! I know that you are a stone and can neither benefit nor harm. Had I not seen the Prophet touching (and kissing) you, I would never have touched (and kissed) you.' Then he kissed it and said, 'There is no reason for us to do Ramal (in Tawaf) except that we wanted to show off before the pagans, and now Allah has destroyed them.' `Umar added, '(Nevertheless), the Prophet did that and we do not want to leave it (i.e. Ramal).'
Read More..Narrated Nafi`: Ibn `Umar. said, I have never missed the touching of these two stones of Ka`ba (the Black Stone and the Yemenite Corner) both in the presence and the absence of crowds, since I saw the Prophet touching them. I asked Nafi`: Did Ibn `Umar use to walk between the two Corners? Nafi` replied, He used to walk in order that it might be easy for him to touch it (the Corner Stone).
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Abbas.: In his Last Hajj the Prophet performed Tawaf of the Ka`ba riding a camel and pointed a bent-headed stick towards the Corner (Black Stone).
Read More..Abu Ash-Sha'tha said, Who keeps away from some portion of the Ka'bah? Mu'awiya used to touch the four corners of the Ka'bah, Ibn 'Abbas said to him, These two corners (the one facing the Hijr) are not to be touched. Mu'awiya said, Nothing is untouchable in the Ka'bah. And Ibn Az-Zubair used to touch all the corners of the Ka'bah.
Read More..Narrated Salim bin `Abdullah that his father said: I have not seen the Prophet touching except the two Yemenite Corners (i.e. the ones facing Yemen).
Read More..Narrated Zaid bin Aslam that his father said: I saw `Umar bin Al-Khattab kissing the Black Stone and he then said, (to it) 'Had I not seen Allah's Apostle kissing you, (stone) I would not have kissed you.'
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