The Ruling on Kissing the Black Stone
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Question:
What is the ruling on kissing the Black Stone, Honorable Shaykh, especially since women are now jostling for it?
Answer:
The ruling is that it is a recommended practice (sunnah). The Black Stone is touched by hand, meaning it is wiped with the hand, yes, and it is kissed if possible. If it is not possible due to a crowd, it is pointed to. If there is a crowd, it is not permissible for a woman or a man to jostle and harm people, or to fall into fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) by jostling with women. Rather, he points to it while he is far from the stone, at the far end of the tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah) or in the middle of it, pointing to it when it is opposite him and saying takbir (saying Allahu akbar). This is what is prescribed. Yes.
What is the ruling on kissing the Black Stone, Honorable Shaykh, especially since women are now jostling for it?
Answer:
The ruling is that it is a recommended practice (sunnah). The Black Stone is touched by hand, meaning it is wiped with the hand, yes, and it is kissed if possible. If it is not possible due to a crowd, it is pointed to. If there is a crowd, it is not permissible for a woman or a man to jostle and harm people, or to fall into fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) by jostling with women. Rather, he points to it while he is far from the stone, at the far end of the tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah) or in the middle of it, pointing to it when it is opposite him and saying takbir (saying Allahu akbar). This is what is prescribed. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 21 من 28|من أحكام الصيام|العمرة في شهر رمضان|صالح الفوزان|فقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (6:10)
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