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Sahih al-Bukhari 1597

Umar came near the Black Stone and kissed it and said “No doubt, I know that you are a stone and can neither benefit anyone nor harm anyone. Had I not seen the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi…

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَابِسِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ رضى الله عنه

أَنَّهُ جَاءَ إِلَى الْحَجَرِ الأَسْوَدِ فَقَبَّلَهُ، فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ لَا تَضُرُّ وَلَا تَنْفَعُ، وَلَوْلَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُقَبِّلُكَ مَا قَبَّلْتُكَ

Umar came near the Black Stone and kissed it and said “No doubt, I know that you are a stone and can neither benefit anyone nor harm anyone. Had I not seen the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) kissing you I would not have kissed you.”

‘উমার (রাঃ) হতে বর্ণিত যে, তিনি হাজরে আসওয়াদের কাছে এসে তা চুম্বন করে বললেন, আমি অবশ্যই জানি যে, তুমি একখানা পাথর মাত্র, তুমি কারো কল্যাণ বা অকল্যাণ করতে পার না। নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম -কে তোমায় চুম্বন করতে না দেখলে কখনো আমি তোমাকে চুম্বন করতাম না। (১৬০৫, ১৬১০, মুসলিম ১৫/৪১, হাঃ ১২৭০)

ہم سے محمد بن کثیر نے بیان کیا، انہوں نے کہا کہ ہمیں سفیان ثوری نے خبر دی، انہیں اعمش نے، انہیں ابراہیم نے، انہیں عابس بن ربیعہ نے کہ عمر رضی اللہ عنہ حجر اسود کے پاس آئے اور اسے بوسہ دیا اور فرمایا ”میں خوب جانتا ہوں کہ تو صرف ایک پتھر ہے، نہ کسی کو نقصان پہنچا سکتا ہے نہ نفع۔

اگر رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کو تجھے بوسہ دیتے ہوئے میں نہ دیکھتا تو میں بھی کبھی تجھے بوسہ نہ دیتا۔“

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Katsir] telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Sufyan] dari [Al A'masy] dari [Ibrahim] dari ['Abis bin Rabi'ah] dari ['Umar radliallahu 'anhu] bahwa dia mendatangi Hajar Al Aswad lalu menciumnya kemudian berkata: "Sungguh aku mengetahui bahwa kamu hanyalah batu yang tidak bisa mendatangkan madharat maupun manfa'at. Namun kalau bukan karena aku telah melihat Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam menciummu tentu aku tidak akan menciummu

Ömer r.a. bir gün Hacerü'l-Esved'e gelip onu öpmüş ve "Ben kesinlikle biliyorum ki sen sadece bir taşsın, ne zararın ne de faydan var. Eğer Resûlullah Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem'in seni öptüğünü görmeseydim ben de öpmezdim" demiştir. Tekrar:

Sahih al-Bukhari 1597, Book 25, Hajj (Pilgrimage), Hadith 83. 1 min read

What it means

‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb, Commander of the Believers, (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Black Stone in the corner of the Ka‘bah and kissed it. He, then, said: Verily, I know that you are a stone that can neither harm nor benefit. Had I not seen the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) kissing you, I would not have kissed you.

What it teaches

  • The permissibility of kissing the Black Stone for those performing Tawāf (circumambulation) when they pass by it, if it can be done easily.
  • The purpose of kissing the Black Stone is to follow the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him).
  • An-Nawawi said: It means that it has no power to bring benefit or harm; it is a created stone like other creations that neither harm nor benefit. ‘Umar proclaimed this during the season so that people from various lands would hear it and preserve it from him.
  • Acts of worship are Tawqīfi (determined by divine texts), therefore, nothing thereof is legitimate except what has been prescribed by Allah and His Messenger.
  • If an act of worship is authentically established, it should be practiced even if its wisdom is not known, for one of the intended purposes is people's compliance and obedience in performing it.
  • The prohibition of kissing stones or other objects as an act of worship unless prescribed in the Shariah.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam al-Bukhari back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam al-BukhariCompiler, died 256 AH
  2. 2مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍTold us
  3. 3سُفْيَانُInformed us
  4. 4Sulayman al-AmashFrom, Successor, died 147 AH
  5. 5Ibrahim an-NakhaiFrom, Successor, died 94 AH
  6. 6Abis ibn RabiahFrom, Successor, died 81 AH
  7. 7Umar ibn al-KhattabFrom, Companion, died 23 AH

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