CHAPTER: EXCEI, LENCE OF KISSING THE BLACK STONE WHILE CIRCUMAMBULATING
No. 2912
Salim narrated on the authority of his father (Allaah be pleased with him) that 'Umar b. al-Khattib (Allaah be pleased with him) kissed (the Black Stone) and then said: By Allaah, I know that you are a stone and if I were not to see Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) kissing you, I would not have kissed you. Harun said in his narration: A hadith like this has been transmitted to me by Zaid b. Aslam on the authority of his father Aslam.
No. 2913
Ibn 'Umar (Allaah be pleased with them) reported that Umar (Allaah be pleased with him) kissed the Stone and said: I am kissing you, whereas I know that you are a stone, but I saw Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) kissing you (that Is why I kiss you).
No. 2914
Abdullah b. Sarjis reported: I saw the bald one, i. e. 'Umar b. Khattib (Allaah be pleased with him). kissing the Stone and saying: By Allaah. I am kissing with full consciousness of the fact that you are a stone and that you can neither do any harm nor good; and if I had not seen Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) kissing you. I would not have kissed you. The rest of the hadith is the same.
No. 2915
Abis b. Rabi'a reported: I saw 'Umar (Allaah'be pleased with him) kissing the Stone and saying: I am kissing you and I know that you are a stone. And if I had not seen Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) kissing you, I would not have kissed you.
No. 2916
Suwaid b. Ghafala reported: I saw Umar (Allaah be pleased with him) kissing the Stone and clinging to it and saying: 1 saw Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) having great love for you. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sufyin with the same chain of transmitters (and the words are):" That he ('Umar) said: But I saw Abu'l-Qasim (way sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) having great love for you." And he did not'mention about clinging to it.