How is the takbir performed at the Black Stone? Is it three times or once? May Allah reward you with good?

The questioner:
How is the takbir performed at the Black Stone? Is it three times or once? May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh:
If the Black Stone is in front of him while he is circumambulating, or at the beginning of the tawaf, and if it is easy for him to touch it, then if it is easy for him to kiss it and touch it with his hand and say Allahu Akbar, this is a recommended practice (mustahabb). If it is not easy for him to kiss it, he should touch it with his hand, meaning he wipes it with his hand and kisses his hand.

The questioner:
If neither of these is easy for him due to the crowd, neither kissing nor touching, then when he is opposite it, he says the takbir once. If he repeats it, there is no harm. If he repeats the takbir, there is no harm.

The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh:
And he points to it.

The presenter:
With his hand and says the takbir. Yes.

The Shaykh:
May Allah reward you with good.