The ruling on perfuming the Black Stone and the one in ihram wiping it
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on perfuming the Black Stone? And is it permissible for the one in ihram to wipe it while it is perfumed?
Answer:
Perfuming the Black Stone is part of honoring the symbols of Allah. Since people kiss it, it is made to have a pleasant scent, because if it were left to the people, perhaps unpleasant odors from the traces of those who kiss it would cling to it. So perfume is placed on it in order to remove these odors. Thus, it is part of honoring the symbols of Allah. It does not harm the one in ihram if he touches the stone and a scent from its perfume clings to his hand; it does not harm the one in ihram, because he did not intend the perfume. He did not intend the perfume; rather, he intended to perform the Sunnah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on perfuming the Black Stone? And is it permissible for the one in ihram to wipe it while it is perfumed?
Answer:
Perfuming the Black Stone is part of honoring the symbols of Allah. Since people kiss it, it is made to have a pleasant scent, because if it were left to the people, perhaps unpleasant odors from the traces of those who kiss it would cling to it. So perfume is placed on it in order to remove these odors. Thus, it is part of honoring the symbols of Allah. It does not harm the one in ihram if he touches the stone and a scent from its perfume clings to his hand; it does not harm the one in ihram, because he did not intend the perfume. He did not intend the perfume; rather, he intended to perform the Sunnah. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 22-11-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (1:02:42)
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