Questions: What is your opinion regarding the people performing 'Umrah who place their hands on the wall of the Ka'bah during tawaf, and did this come from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
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The questioner : What is your opinion regarding the people performing 'Umrah who place their hands on the wall of the Ka'bah and make du'a', and did this come in the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The Sunnah in tawaf is for a person to touch the Black Stone and kiss it if it is easy to do so; if it is not easy, he points to it. He should also touch the Yemeni Corner if it is easy to do so; if it is not easy, he does not point to it.
Because in the Black Stone there are three recommended practices: kissing and touching, and this is the highest. If that is not possible: touching with the hand and kissing the hand. If that is not possible: pointing.
As for the Yemeni Corner, there is only one recommended practice in it, which is touching without kissing, and without pointing when touching is difficult.
The remaining corners of the House are not recommended to be touched, kissed, or clung to.
For this reason, Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived and began to touch all the corners of the House. Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to him about that, and Mu'awiyah said:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 858Hasan (Darussalam), meaning that no part of the House is neglected. This is a rational preference, so Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to him: إن الله تعالى يقول : لقد كان لكم في رسول الله أسوة حسنة ، و لم أر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يستلم إلا الركنين اليمانيين Indeed, Allah the Exalted says: "Indeed, there has been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent example," and I did not see the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) touch anything except the two Yemeni corners, and Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) agreed with him.
And this is evidence that if we see someone touching something of the corners of the House or the sides of the House other than what is in this Sunnah, we advise him.
But how should the advice be given? The advice is to say: You are misguided, you are an innovator, this is forbidden, this is wrong. Should it be like that? No, rather we take him gently and say: You did not do this except for the sake of good and reward, and there is no reward in this. Restrict yourself to what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did, for in that is all the good. And look, for this ignorant person may be deceived; some people may have deceived him; and he may have in his heart a great reverence for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and His House, and he may think that he must touch and wipe the entire House.
Oral questions are prohibited, whether they are initial questions or comments on an answer to a question. Whoever wants to ask should write on a paper, and if Allah wills, his turn will come.
I say this not out of stinginess with the answer, but if the oral questions cross each other, everyone ends up commenting on the other, and we remain in a vicious circle. Yes.
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The Sunnah in tawaf is for a person to touch the Black Stone and kiss it if it is easy to do so; if it is not easy, he points to it. He should also touch the Yemeni Corner if it is easy to do so; if it is not easy, he does not point to it.
Because in the Black Stone there are three recommended practices: kissing and touching, and this is the highest. If that is not possible: touching with the hand and kissing the hand. If that is not possible: pointing.
As for the Yemeni Corner, there is only one recommended practice in it, which is touching without kissing, and without pointing when touching is difficult.
The remaining corners of the House are not recommended to be touched, kissed, or clung to.
For this reason, Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived and began to touch all the corners of the House. Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to him about that, and Mu'awiyah said:
There is no part of the House that is untouchable.
ليس شيء من البيت مهجوراAnd this is evidence that if we see someone touching something of the corners of the House or the sides of the House other than what is in this Sunnah, we advise him.
But how should the advice be given? The advice is to say: You are misguided, you are an innovator, this is forbidden, this is wrong. Should it be like that? No, rather we take him gently and say: You did not do this except for the sake of good and reward, and there is no reward in this. Restrict yourself to what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did, for in that is all the good. And look, for this ignorant person may be deceived; some people may have deceived him; and he may have in his heart a great reverence for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and His House, and he may think that he must touch and wipe the entire House.
Oral questions are prohibited, whether they are initial questions or comments on an answer to a question. Whoever wants to ask should write on a paper, and if Allah wills, his turn will come.
I say this not out of stinginess with the answer, but if the oral questions cross each other, everyone ends up commenting on the other, and we remain in a vicious circle. Yes.