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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الحج والعمرةBook of Hajj and Umrah
فَصْلٌ مِنْهُ فِي اسْتِلَامِ الْحَجَرِ الْأَسْوَدِ وَتَقْبِيلِهِ وَمَا يُقَالُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ وَمَا يُفْعَلُ مِنْ زُوحِمَSection: On Touching and Kissing the Black Stone, What to Say at That Time, and What to Do If Crowded
Hadith 4353
اُردوEn
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَكَبَّ عَلَى الرُّكْنِ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ وَلَوْ لَمْ أَرَ حَبِيبِي صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَبَّلَكَ وَاسْتَلَمَكَ، مَا اسْتَلَمْتُكَ وَلَا قَبَّلْتُكَ، {لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ}
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, that Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, leaned over the Black Stone and said: I know well that you are a stone; if I had not seen my beloved Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, kissing you and touching you, I would not have touched you nor kissed you. The command of Allah Almighty is: {لَقَدْ کَانَ لَکُمْ فِی رَسُوْلِ اللّٰہِ أُسْوَۃٌ حَسَنَۃٌ} … Indeed, in the actions of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, there is a best example for you.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The wording of the narration in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim is as follows: “Indeed, I know that you are a stone; you neither harm nor benefit. And had I not seen the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) kissing you, I would not have kissed you.” In this context, Sayyiduna Umar (radi Allahu anhu) clarified that people had only recently abandoned idol worship, so it was possible that by performing istilam (touching or kissing) of the Black Stone (Hajar al-Aswad), they might begin to suspect that Islam also venerates stones, just as the Arabs used to do in the pre-Islamic era of ignorance (Jahiliyyah). Therefore, Sayyiduna Umar (radi Allahu anhu) made it clear that this stone has no connection with benefit or harm; rather, it is solely the following of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) that is being observed. The meaning of this statement of Sayyiduna Umar (radi Allahu anhu) is that in matters of religion, one should follow the Lawgiver (shari‘, i.e., the Prophet, alayhi as-salam), even if we do not understand the wisdoms and meanings behind those matters.
