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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»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Mālik, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
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  

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  

malik:20-119Yaḥyá > Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that Umar ibn al-Khattab said to the corner of the Black Stone while he was doing tawaf of the House, "You are only a stone, and if I had not seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ kiss you, I would not do so." Then he kissed it. Malik said, "I have heard some of the people of knowledge recommending someone doing tawaf of the House to put his hand to his mouth when he takes it from the Yamani corner."  

مالك:٢٠-١١٩حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ

قَالَ وَهُوَ يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ لِلرُّكْنِ الأَسْوَدِ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ حَجَرٌ وَلَوْلاَ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَبَّلَكَ مَا قَبَّلْتُكَ ثُمَّ قَبَّلَهُ  

ahmad:325Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿĀbis b. Rabīʿah Qālaraʾayt ʿUmar Atá al-Ḥajar

I saw ʿUmar go to the Black Stone and say: By Allah, I know that you are a stone and 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 leant down and kissed it.  

أحمد:٣٢٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَابِسِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَرَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ أَتَى الْحَجَرَ فَقَالَ

أَمَا وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ لَا تَضُرُّ وَلا تَنْفَعُ وَلَوْلا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَبَّلَكَ مَا قَبَّلْتُكَ ثُمَّ دَنَا فَقَبَّلَهُ  

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  

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  

ahmad:99Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Zuhayr > Sulaymān al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > ʿĀbis b. Rabīʿah Qālaraʾayt ʿUmar Naẓar > al-Ḥajar

I saw 'Umar look at the Black Stone and say: By Allah, were it not that I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ kiss you, I would not have kissed you. Then he kissed it.  

أحمد:٩٩حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَعْمَشِ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَنْ عَابِسِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَرَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ نَظَرَ إِلَى الْحَجَرِ فَقَالَ

أَمَا وَاللهِ لَوْلا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُقَبِّلُكَ مَا قَبَّلْتُكَ ثُمَّ قَبَّلَهُ  

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»  

suyuti:2-30bʿĀbis b. Rabīʿah > Raʾayt ʿUmar Atá al-Ḥajar > Amā
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السيوطي:٢-٣٠b

"عَنْ عَابِسِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ أَتَى الْحَجَرَ فَقَالَ: أَما وَالله إِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ لا تَضُرُّ وَلا تَنْفَعُ، وَلَوْلَا أَنِّى رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَبَّلَكَ مَا قَبَّلْتَكَ، ثُمَّ دَنَا فَقَبَّلَهُ" .

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