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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»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān
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  

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  

muslim:1270dYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá And ʾAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah Wazuhayr b. Ḥarb And Ibn Numayr > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Yaḥyá > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿĀbis b. Rabīʿah > Raʾayt ʿUmar Yuqabbil al-Ḥajar

I saw 'Umar (Allah'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 Messenger of Allah ﷺ kissing you, I would not have kissed you.  

مسلم:١٢٧٠dوَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَابِسِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ يُقَبِّلُ الْحَجَرَ وَيَقُولُ إِنِّي لأُقَبِّلُكَ وَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ وَلَوْلاَ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُقَبِّلُكَ لَمْ أُقَبِّلْكَ  

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: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  

ahmad:176Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿĀbis b. Rabīʿah Qālaraʾayt ʿUmar Yuqabbil al-Ḥajar

I saw 'Umar kissing the Black Stone and saying; I am kissing you and I know that you are just a stone; if I had not seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ kissing you, I would not have kissed you.  

أحمد:١٧٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

عَنْ عَابِسِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَرَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ يُقَبِّلُ الْحَجَرَ وَيَقُولُ إِنِّي لَأُقَبِّلُكَ وَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ وَلَوْلا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُقَبِّلُكَ لَمْ أُقَبِّلْكَ  

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  

darimi:1907Abū ʿĀṣim > Jaʿfar b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān > Raʾayt Muḥammad b. ʿAbbād b. Jaʿfar Yastalim al-Ḥajar Thum Yuqabbiluh And Yasjud ʿAlayh > Lah Mā Hadhā > Raʾayt Khālak ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās Riḍwān Allāh ʿAlayh Yafʿaluh Thum > Raʾayt ʿUmar Faʿalah Thum

[Machine] "I know that you are a stone, but I have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do this."  

الدارمي:١٩٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبَّادِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ يَسْتَلِمُ الْحَجَرَ ثُمَّ يُقَبِّلُهُ وَيَسْجُدُ عَلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَا هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ رَأَيْتُ خَالَكَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ يَفْعَلُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ فَعَلَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ

«إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ وَلَكِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُ هَذَا»  

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»