Istilam of the Black Stone

Question

(1) There was a dispute concerning the Black Stone, which the Beloved of Allah ﷺ settled; he kissed the Black Stone. Will this sunna continue until the Day of Resurrection? What was the reason for the kissing? (2) There is a well-known report that the chosen one of Allah, our master ‘Umar al-Faruq ﵁, said — at a time when a great crowd at the Black Stone was busy jostling and grabbing one another and the like — that the Black Stone is only a stone, and had the Beloved of Allah ﷺ not kissed it, I would not have…

Answer

(1) [ar]الله ورسوله أعلم[/ar] “Allah and His Messenger know best.” (2) So that no one would think that it brings benefit or harm, as the idol-worshippers regarded their idols as bringing benefit and harm. (3) Merely kissing, with the conviction that ‘Umar al-Faruq ﵁ clearly expressed, is by no means worship.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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