Which corners are touched

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Makkah, he (peace and blessings be upon him) touched the Black Stone and the Yemeni Corner, and did not touch any corner other than these.

Ata said: I found among our shaykhs Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Ubayd bin Umayr touching the Black Stone and the (Yemeni) Corner, and not touching any corner other than these.

Ibrahim bin Abd al-A'la said: I saw Suwayd bin Ghafalah touching all the corners of the House of Allah.

It is narrated from Ata that when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) performed Hajj, he touched the Black Stone, while Sayyiduna Ya'la bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) touched all the corners. Sayyiduna Umar said to him: "O Ya'la, what is this you have done?" Sayyiduna Ya'la said: "I touched all the corners, because there is nothing of the Ka'bah that should be left (without being touched)." Sayyiduna Umar said: "Did you not see that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) touched only the Black Stone?" Sayyiduna Ya'la said: "Certainly." Sayyiduna Umar said: "Then do you not have an example in that?" Sayyiduna Ya'la said: "Certainly."

Mujahid would rarely leave off touching the Black Stone and the Yemeni Corner in the odd-numbered circuits of his tawaf.

Mujahid said: The two corners adjoining the Hijr (al-Hatim) are not to be touched.

Abbad saw Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) circumambulate the House of Allah and touch all the corners, and he said: "There is nothing of it that is to be left."

Abbad saw Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) doing the same, and he said: "There is nothing of it that is to be left."

Jabir bin Zayd said: Nothing of the House of Allah is to be left without being touched.

Urwah used to touch all the corners and complete his tawaf with that, and he would press his belly, his back and his sides against the Ka'bah and cling to it.