Touching or pointing to the Black Stone without harming others
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Etiquette of Hajj & Umrah
Touching or pointing to the Black Stone without harming others
Umar (RA) said to the Black Stone: "I know you are a stone that neither benefits nor harms, and had I not seen the Messenger of Allah kiss you, I would not have kissed you."
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, on the authority of Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA)
Explanation
This statement clarifies the correct understanding of the act: it is followed as the Prophet's practice, not out of belief in the stone's own power.
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