The ruling on kissing one who is worthy of respect, by analogy to kissing the Black Stone
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Imam al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him) stated in *Nail al-Awtar* that some scholars derived from the permissibility of kissing the Black Stone and the Maqam Ibrahim the permissibility of kissing anyone who is worthy of respect, whether human or otherwise. He also reported that Imam Ahmad was asked about kissing the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) pulpit and his grave, and he did not see any harm in it. Then he said that some of his students considered this report from him to be unlikely. He asks: What is your comment on this?
Answer:
Yes. The final point is that some of Imam Ahmad’s students considered this statement unlikely to be from Ahmad, holding that he did not say it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Imam al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him) stated in *Nail al-Awtar* that some scholars derived from the permissibility of kissing the Black Stone and the Maqam Ibrahim the permissibility of kissing anyone who is worthy of respect, whether human or otherwise. He also reported that Imam Ahmad was asked about kissing the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) pulpit and his grave, and he did not see any harm in it. Then he said that some of his students considered this report from him to be unlikely. He asks: What is your comment on this?
Answer:
Yes. The final point is that some of Imam Ahmad’s students considered this statement unlikely to be from Ahmad, holding that he did not say it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 127-2 من 148|شرح كتاب المنتقى|المناسك|طواف القدوم والرمل والاضطباع فيه|صالح الفوزان|الفقه — youtube.com (43:58)
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