Significance of kissing the black stone
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Dear Burhan Bhai,
Salaam Alaikum,
Kissing the black stone is sunnah,
usually there is a lot of rush to do so, even if you are following the queue
when you reach to kiss you are pushed back, should one use force to claim his
turn against the unruly few who force thier way in
without the queue ?
Bhai I have seen people
touching, kissing & rubbing on the walls and cover of the Holy Kaaba, holding the cover & corners and making dua, touching or holding the door and door slab and making dua, what is the significance of all this ? How far are
these acts correct ?
May Allah bless me and all of us to visit the holy mosque, perform umrah & hajj
with due respect and accept our efforts, Amin!
Seeking Dua,
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Answer:
Significance of kissing the black stone
In the
name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray,
none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your
question: Kissing the black stone is sunnah, usually
there is a lot of rush to do so, even if you are following the queue when you
reach to kiss you are pushed back, should one use force to claim his turn
against the unruly few who force thier way in without
the queue ?
If one
can kiss the Black Stone easily, without pushing or hurting his muslim brother in any way, he
should follow the Sunnah and kiss the Black Stone;
otherwise he may just raise his hand and point towards the Black Stone, when he
moves past it. To push, or use force, or
hurt any muslim in any way
just to kiss the Black Stone would not behove the
character or deed of a true believer.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 5.125
On seeing the Ka'bah, one should raise
his hands and supplicate to Allah for His bounties. Then he should directly proceed to the Black
Stone, kiss it quietly or touch it with his hand and kiss the hand. If this is not possible and one cannot reach
the Black Stone, one may just point toward it from a distance.
Your
question: I have seen people touching, kissing & rubbing on the walls and
cover of the Holy Kaaba, holding the cover &
corners and making dua, touching or holding the door
and door slab and making dua, what is the
significance of all this ? How far are these acts correct ?
Abdullah Ibn
Umar (r.a.)
said: "I never saw the Prophet (saws) touching any other parts of Ka'bah except the two corners: The Black Stone and the
Yemeni corner."
Reported by Bukhari
and Muslim
Ibn Hibban has
reported in his Sahih that the Prophet (saws) said:
"The Black Stone and the Yemeni corner cause the sins to be
forgiven."
One may
pray or supplicate Allah Subhanah from anywhere in
the Masjid-e-Haraam, but there is no evidence that
the Messenger of Allah (saws) touched any part of the Kaabah
while making supplication except the Black Stone and the Yemeni Corner.
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan