حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ مِنْ لَفْظِهِ , قَالَ : أَنْبَأَنَا
قُتَيْبَةُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
حَمَّادٌ ، عَنْ
عَطَاءٍ ، عَنْ
عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا , قَالَ : يَا
أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، مَا أَرَاكَ تَسْتَلِمُ إِلَّا هَذَيْنِ الرُّكْنَيْنِ ؟ قَالَ : إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : " إِنَّ مَسْحَهُمَا يَحُطَّانِ الْخَطِيئَةَ " وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ : " مَنْ طَافَ سَبْعًا ، فَهُوَ كَعِدْلِ رَقَبَةٍ " .
´It was narrated from Abdullah bin Ubaid bin Umair that a man said:` "O Abu abdur-Rahman, why do I only see you touching these two corners?" He said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Touching them erases sins.' And I head him say: 'whoever circumambulates seven times, it is like freeing a slave.'"
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Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
(1) "This is only in the Mujtaba." Imam Nasa'i rahimahullah wrote a lengthy book titled "As-Sunan al-Kubra." Due to its length, it was abridged and compiled as "Mujtaba Nasa'i." There is a difference of opinion regarding who compiled it: was it Imam Nasa'i himself or one of his students? There are some chapters that are found only in the Mujtaba and not in the Sunan al-Kubra. It is as if these were added to the Mujtaba. This chapter is also among those chapters.
(2) "Two corners" refers to the Hajar al-Aswad and the Rukn Yamani. The Hajar al-Aswad is the eastern corner and the Rukn Yamani is the southern corner. Since these two corners are on the original foundations, it is Sunnah to touch them.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 2922