The correct manner of pointing to the corners of the Ka'bah

The questioner:
May Allah bless you. Also, here you say: I see several manners of people pointing during the tawaf in the Haram when they pass the Black Stone. What is the correct manner for that?

The Shaykh:
A continuation of the first answer. Yes, when one enters and puts his right foot forward into the Sacred Mosque or any other mosque, he says: "In the name of Allah, I seek refuge in Allah the Great, in His noble face and His ancient authority, from the rejected Satan. O Allah, forgive my sins and open for me the gates of Your mercy." And when exiting the Sacred Mosque or any other mosque, he puts his left foot forward and says the same dhikr he said upon entering, except that he says "and open for me the gates of Your favor" instead of "and open for me the gates of Your mercy." And as for the answer to the question that... Yes.

The questioner:
You say: I see in the Haram several manners of people pointing during the tawaf when they point to the Black Stone as they pass it, and I do not know what the correct manner is. What is the correct manner of pointing to the Black Stone?

The Shaykh:
The Sacred House has four corners, as is well known: the Yemeni Corner, the Black Stone Corner, and the two Sham corners, meaning the northern ones. As for the Yemeni Corner, it is touched (istilam) but not kissed, and it is not pointed to if one does not reach it; rather, one passes by without pointing to it, and it is not possible... one does not point to it. How would he say takbir? He does not point to it at all. But if it is easy for him to touch it with his right hand, he does so. If it is not easy for him, he passes by without pointing with his hand and without saying takbir. As for the Black Stone, it is touched and kissed, and he says takbir when touching it, saying: "In the name of Allah, Allah is the Greatest." If it is difficult to touch it directly, he touches it with something, meaning he touches it via something, either a stick or something in his hand, and then kisses what he touched it with. Yes. And if it is not possible to touch it and kiss it directly, nor to touch it via something, then he points to it when he passes it and moves on. It is not permissible to crowd around the Black Stone because of the danger in that, the harm to others, and the temptation of crowding with women. So, it is better for him to perform tawaf far away, at the outermost part of the tawaf path, and stay away from these harms, than for him to come close and crowd with people at the Black Stone.
As for the two Sham corners, they are not kissed, not touched, and not pointed to. This is because the two Sham corners are inside the Ka'bah. When the Quraysh rebuilt the Ka'bah in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), and their funds were insufficient, they shortened the construction of the Ka'bah from the foundations of Ibrahim on the northern side, and they left out a part of the Ka'bah called al-Hatim, which is now called the Stone of Isma'il. Most of this is part of the Ka'bah. Therefore, they are not kissed, not touched, and not pointed to, because they are not on the foundations of Ibrahim (peace and blessings be upon him). As for the Yemeni Corner and the Black Stone Corner, they are on the foundations of Ibrahim (peace and blessings be upon him), so they are distinguished by these rulings. Yes.