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himself upon it. If he rode on a camel while circuiting around it, he touched it with
a crooked staff and then kissed the end of the staff.
Umar kissed it and then said: “I know you are a stone that neither harms nor
helps, and had I not seen The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon
him, kiss you, I would not have kissed you.” Then he wept, sobbing loudly. On
turning round he saw Ali and said: “Here tears are shed and prayers are
answered, father of al-Hasan!” But Ali replied: “Oh yes, Commander of the
Believers, it does indeed harm and help!” “How so?” “When Allah, the Almighty
took the Covenant from the descendants of Adam, He committed it to writing and
embedded the document in this stone; it will therefore bear witness for the
believer as to his fulfillment, and against the unbeliever as to his repudiation.”
This, they say is the significance of the words people utter when touching the
Black Stone:
“O Allah, I declare my belief in You, my acceptance of Your document and my
fulfillment of Your Covenant.”
a crooked staff and then kissed the end of the staff.
Umar kissed it and then said: “I know you are a stone that neither harms nor
helps, and had I not seen The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon
him, kiss you, I would not have kissed you.” Then he wept, sobbing loudly. On
turning round he saw Ali and said: “Here tears are shed and prayers are
answered, father of al-Hasan!” But Ali replied: “Oh yes, Commander of the
Believers, it does indeed harm and help!” “How so?” “When Allah, the Almighty
took the Covenant from the descendants of Adam, He committed it to writing and
embedded the document in this stone; it will therefore bear witness for the
believer as to his fulfillment, and against the unbeliever as to his repudiation.”
This, they say is the significance of the words people utter when touching the
Black Stone:
“O Allah, I declare my belief in You, my acceptance of Your document and my
fulfillment of Your Covenant.”