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ahmad:226ʿAbd al-Razzāq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmaraʾan ʿUmar Qabbal al-Ḥajar Thum

I know that you are only a stone. Were it not that I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ kiss you, I would not have kissed you.  

أحمد:٢٢٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَأَنَّ عُمَرَ قَبَّلَ الْحَجَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ

قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ وَلَوْلا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَبَّلَكَ مَا قَبَّلْتُكَ  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:1597Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿĀbis b. Rabīʿah > ʿUmar > Jāʾ > al-Ḥajar al-Aswad Faqabbalah

ʿUmar 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 Messenger of Allah ﷺ kissing you I would not have kissed you."  

البخاري:١٥٩٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَابِسِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ ؓ أَنَّهُ جَاءَ إِلَى الْحَجَرِ الأَسْوَدِ فَقَبَّلَهُ فَقَالَ

إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ لاَ تَضُرُّ وَلاَ تَنْفَعُ وَلَوْلاَ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُقَبِّلُكَ مَا قَبَّلْتُكَ  

bukhari:1610Aḥmad b. Sinān > Yazīd b. Hārūn > And Rqāʾ > Zayd b. Aslam from his father > Raʾayt ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb Qabbal al-Ḥajar

"I saw ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab kissing the Black Stone and he then said, (to it) 'Had I not seen Allah's Apostle kissing you, (stone) I would not have kissed you.' "  

البخاري:١٦١٠حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا وَرْقَاءُ أَخْبَرَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ قَبَّلَ الْحَجَرَ

وَقَالَ لَوْلاَ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَبَّلَكَ مَا قَبَّلْتُكَ  

muslim:1270bMuḥammad b. Abū Bakr al-Muqaddamī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > ʿUmar Qabbal al-Ḥajar

I am kissing you, whereas I know that you are a stone, but I saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ kissing you (that Is why I kiss you).  

مسلم:١٢٧٠bوَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ عُمَرَ قَبَّلَ الْحَجَرَ وَقَالَ إِنِّي لأُقَبِّلُكَ وَإِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ وَلَكِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُقَبِّلُكَ  

nasai:2937Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus And Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿĀbis b. Rabīʿah > Raʾayt ʿUmar Jāʾ > al-Ḥajar

"I saw Umar coming to the Stone and saying: 'I know that you are just a stone; had I not seen the Messenger of Allah kiss you I would not have kissed you.' Then he came close to it and kissed it." (Sahih) Chpater 148. How to Kiss It  

النسائي:٢٩٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ وَجَرِيرٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَابِسِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ جَاءَ إِلَى الْحَجَرِ فَقَالَ

إِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ وَلَوْلاَ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُبِّلُكَ مَا قَبَّلْتُكَ ثُمَّ دَنَا مِنْهُ فَقَبَّلَهُ  

abudawud:1873Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿĀbis b. Rabīʿah > ʿUmar > Jāʾ > al-Ḥajar Faqabbalah

Abis bin Rabi’ah said on the authority of ‘Umar He(‘Umar) came to the (Black) Stone and said “ I know for sure that you are a stone which can neither benefit nor injure and had I not seen the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ kissing you, I would not have kissed you.”  

أبو داود:١٨٧٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَابِسِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ جَاءَ إِلَى الْحَجَرِ فَقَبَّلَهُ فَقَالَ

إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ لاَ تَنْفَعُ وَلاَ تَضُرُّ وَلَوْلاَ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُقَبِّلُكَ مَا قَبَّلْتُكَ  

ahmad:380Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Hishām > Abīʾan ʿUmar

My father told me that ‘Umar bin al-Khattab ؓ said to the [Black] Stone; You are only a stone; were it not that I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ kiss you, I would not have kissed you. Then he kissed it.  

أحمد:٣٨٠حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِيأَنَّ عُمَرَ قَالَ

لِلْحَجَرِ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ حَجَرٌ وَلَوْلا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُقَبِّلُكَ مَا قَبَّلْتُكَ ثُمَّ قَبَّلَهُ  

ahmad:381Wakīʿ > Hishām > Abīhiʾan ʿUmar Atá al-Ḥajar

I know that you are only a stone and you cannot cause harm or bring benefit. Were it not that I saw the Messenger of Allah( ﷺ )kiss you, I would not have kissed you. Then he kissed it.  

أحمد:٣٨١حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِأَنَّ عُمَرَ أَتَى الْحَجَرَ فَقَالَ

إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ لَا تَضُرُّ وَلا تَنْفَعُ وَلَوْلا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُقَبِّلُكَ مَا قَبَّلْتُكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَبَّلَهُ  

darimi:1906Musaddad > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > ʿUmar

I am kissing you, whereas I know that you are a stone, but I saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ kissing you (that Is why I kiss you). (Using translation from Muslim 1270b)  

الدارمي:١٩٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ عُمَرَ قَالَ

«إِنِّي لَأُقَبِّلُكَ وَإِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ وَلَكِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُقَبِّلُكَ»  

ذِكْرُ اسْتِحْبَابِ تَقْبِيلِ الْحَجَرِ الْأَسْوَدِ لِلطَّائِفِ حَوْلَ الْبَيْتِ الْعَتِيقِ

ibnhibban:3821Ibn Qutaybah > Ḥarmalah > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh from his father > Qabbal ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb al-Ḥajar Thum

I know that you are only a stone. Were it not that I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ kiss you, I would not have kissed you. (Using translation from Aḥmad 226)  

ابن حبّان:٣٨٢١أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ قَبَّلَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ الْحَجَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ

«وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ وَلَوْلَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُقَبِّلُكَ مَا قَبَّلْتُكَ»  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِإِبَاحَةِ اسْتِعْمَالِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:3822Abū Khalīfah > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿĀbis b. Rabīʿah > ʿUmar > Jāʾ Lilḥajar Faqabbalah

I know that you are only a stone. Were it not that I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ kiss you, I would not have kissed you. (Using translation from Aḥmad 226)   

ابن حبّان:٣٨٢٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَابِسِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ جَاءَ لِلْحَجَرِ فَقَبَّلَهُ

وَقَالَ «إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ مَا تَنْفَعُ وَمَا تَضُرُّ وَلَوْلَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُقَبِّلُكَ مَا قَبَّلْتُكَ»  

nasai-kubra:3904Saʿīd b. Yaʿqūb al-Ṭālaqānī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿĀṣim > ʿAbdullāh b. Sarjis > Danā ʿUmar from al-Ḥajar Faqabbalah

Abis bin Rabi’ah said on the authority of ‘Umar He(‘Umar) came to the (Black) Stone and said “ I know for sure that you are a stone which can neither benefit nor injure and had I not seen the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ kissing you, I would not have kissed you.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1873)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٩٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الطَّالَقَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسَ قَالَ دَنَا عُمَرُ مِنَ الْحَجَرِ فَقَبَّلَهُ فَقَالَ

أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ لَا تَضُرُّ وَلَا تَنْفَعُ «وَلَوْلَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَبَّلَكَ مَا قَبَّلْتُكَ»  

nasai-kubra:3905ʿĪsá b. Ibrāhīm b. Mathrūd al-Miṣrī > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus Waʿamrū b. al-Ḥārith > Ibn Shihāb > Sālim from his father > Qabbal ʿUmar al-Ḥajar Thum
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الكبرى للنسائي:٣٩٠٥أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَثْرُودٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ وَعَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَالِمٍ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ §قَبَّلَ عُمَرُ الْحَجَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ

أَمَا وَاللهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ وَلَوْلَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُقَبِّلُكَ مَا قَبَّلْتُكَ قَالَ عَمْرٌو وَحَدَّثَنِي بِمِثْلِهَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ  

nasai-kubra:3906Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus And Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿĀbis b. Rabīʿah > Raʾayt ʿUmar Jāʾ > al-Ḥajar

"I saw Umar coming to the Stone and saying: 'I know that you are just a stone; had I not seen the Messenger of Allah kiss you I would not have kissed you.' Then he came close to it and kissed it." (Sahih) Chpater 148. How to Kiss It (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2937)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٩٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ وَجَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَابِسِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ جَاءَ إِلَى الْحَجَرِ فَقَالَ

إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ «وَلَوْلَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُقَبِّلُكَ مَا قَبَّلْتُكَ ثُمَّ دَنَا مِنْهُ فَقَبَّلَهُ»  

nasai-kubra:3908ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd b. Kathīr b. Dīnār al-Ḥimṣī > al-Walīd > Ibn Muslim > Ḥanẓalah > Ibn Abū Sufyān > Raʾayt Ṭāwus / Ibn Kaysān Yamur Bi-al-Rrukn Faʾin Wajad ʿAlayh Ziḥām Mar Walam Yuzāḥim Waʾin Rāh Khālī Qabbalah Thalāth Thum > Raʾayt Ibn ʿAbbās Faʿal Mithl Dhalik Thum > Ibn ʿAbbās Raʾayt ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb Faʿal Mithl Dhalik Thum

I know that you are only a stone and you cannot cause harm or bring benefit. Were it not that I saw the Messenger of Allah( ﷺ )kiss you, I would not have kissed you. Then he kissed it. (Using translation from Aḥmad 381)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٩٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ هُوَ ابْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ هُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ طَاوُسًا وَهُوَ ابْنُ كَيْسَانَ يَمُرُّ بِالرُّكْنِ فَإِنْ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ زِحَامًا مَرَّ وَلَمْ يُزَاحِمْ وَإِنْ رَآهُ خَالِيًا قَبَّلَهُ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَعَلَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فَعَلَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ

إِنَّكَ حَجَرٌ لَا تَنْفَعُ وَلَا تَضُرُّ «وَلَوْلَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَبَّلَكَ مَا قَبَّلْتُكَ» ثُمَّ قَالَ عُمَرُ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ