How is the Black Stone faced?
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The questioner: So this is the right side, do you make it clear to us?
The Shaykh- He laughsThe Shaykh : (may Allah have mercy on him) — May Allah guide you and him, is this what needs to be clarified?! He said:
Nothing is valid in the minds if it requires evidence. Well, if I told you, take your right hand, what would you do?
The questioner: This is my right hand.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: But its rational proofs are not acceptable.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: He tells you that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) faced the Black Stone.
The Shaykh: Leave the stone to me for now, no, no, leave the stone, we will come to the stone later. Now the water carrier entered from there, where is his right side?
The questioner : Like this.
The Shaykh: ... to there or to here?
The questioner: No, from here.
The Shaykh: Okay, so.
Al-Halabi: Our Shaykh, how does he explain it ... ?
The Shaykh: Be patient, it is fine, is this clear now or not clear?
The questioner : Clear.
The Shaykh: Well, let us return to the Black Stone, what about the Black Stone?
The questioner: He tells you that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he faced the stone, walked on its right side like this.
The Shaykh: He walked on its right side, well.
The questioner: When I want to face you and greet you, the one on your side is on my left, and the one on your left is on my right, so I must shake hands like this.
The Shaykh: What do you want? You are facing it, you entered the assembly, leave this picture too, you entered the assembly, there are ten people in the assembly, do you start with the one on your right there at the door, or with the one on your left?
The questioner: With the one on my right.
The Shaykh: Well, so why are we reversing it now and starting from there on the left? What does the issue have to do with the Black Stone?
The questioner: He considers that when he wants to enter the assembly, for example, his right side is not like this, his right side is like this, as evidenced by the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he faced the stone, walked like this and not like that.
The Shaykh: Well, when he walked like this, was it right or left?
The questioner: He walked on the right.
The Shaykh: Well, and we are like this? And we say right.
Abu Layla: Our Shaykh! It is fine, there is a note.
The Shaykh: Be patient a little, my brother, a little, what made you doubt the issue? Meaning, did you see a picture of the stone, drawing black tiles here, is that not so?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: He needs to stand here facing the stone, if he comes here before the stone, here is the stone, so the man standing here, is his right side from here or from here? The guy is coming like this, is his right side from here or from there?
The questioner : From there.
The Shaykh: This is the right, well this is the right, if he walked like this, and this is not a point of disagreement, he took the right, but if he walked like this, what would he equal? He took the left, why is he taking this as an argument, that the one who entered from there from the door, starts from his left not from his right, here did he start with the right or the left?
The questioner: With the right.
The Shaykh: Do you not have anything to say now?
Al-Halabi: I have what he said and its explanation, he says: now the one who wants to walk on the right, he has to walk on this side, this right.
The Shaykh: My brother, the issue is not that he has to walk on the right.
Al-Halabi: This is the right, this is the right ...
The Shaykh: No, no, raise all these doubts, they come from here, the word "walk" is not in the hadith, is "walk" in the hadith?
Al-Halabi : There is none.
The Shaykh: Well, is it in the hadith: Is that right?
Al-Halabi: Yes.
The Shaykh: Well, so now the one who entered, what does this hadith tell him: You do not need to walk, walking is not mentioned here now, so he entered, he may walk from here or he may walk like this in a straight line, like this he wants to walk on the stone, or he may walk like this, but the starting point is with whom? With the one on his right, please be at ease and rest, even if the discussion was a bit long.
The Shaykh- He laughsThe Shaykh : (may Allah have mercy on him) — May Allah guide you and him, is this what needs to be clarified?! He said:
Nothing is valid in the minds if it requires evidence. Well, if I told you, take your right hand, what would you do?
The questioner: This is my right hand.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner: But its rational proofs are not acceptable.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: He tells you that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) faced the Black Stone.
The Shaykh: Leave the stone to me for now, no, no, leave the stone, we will come to the stone later. Now the water carrier entered from there, where is his right side?
The questioner : Like this.
The Shaykh: ... to there or to here?
The questioner: No, from here.
The Shaykh: Okay, so.
Al-Halabi: Our Shaykh, how does he explain it ... ?
The Shaykh: Be patient, it is fine, is this clear now or not clear?
The questioner : Clear.
The Shaykh: Well, let us return to the Black Stone, what about the Black Stone?
The questioner: He tells you that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he faced the stone, walked on its right side like this.
The Shaykh: He walked on its right side, well.
The questioner: When I want to face you and greet you, the one on your side is on my left, and the one on your left is on my right, so I must shake hands like this.
The Shaykh: What do you want? You are facing it, you entered the assembly, leave this picture too, you entered the assembly, there are ten people in the assembly, do you start with the one on your right there at the door, or with the one on your left?
The questioner: With the one on my right.
The Shaykh: Well, so why are we reversing it now and starting from there on the left? What does the issue have to do with the Black Stone?
The questioner: He considers that when he wants to enter the assembly, for example, his right side is not like this, his right side is like this, as evidenced by the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he faced the stone, walked like this and not like that.
The Shaykh: Well, when he walked like this, was it right or left?
The questioner: He walked on the right.
The Shaykh: Well, and we are like this? And we say right.
Abu Layla: Our Shaykh! It is fine, there is a note.
The Shaykh: Be patient a little, my brother, a little, what made you doubt the issue? Meaning, did you see a picture of the stone, drawing black tiles here, is that not so?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: He needs to stand here facing the stone, if he comes here before the stone, here is the stone, so the man standing here, is his right side from here or from here? The guy is coming like this, is his right side from here or from there?
The questioner : From there.
The Shaykh: This is the right, well this is the right, if he walked like this, and this is not a point of disagreement, he took the right, but if he walked like this, what would he equal? He took the left, why is he taking this as an argument, that the one who entered from there from the door, starts from his left not from his right, here did he start with the right or the left?
The questioner: With the right.
The Shaykh: Do you not have anything to say now?
Al-Halabi: I have what he said and its explanation, he says: now the one who wants to walk on the right, he has to walk on this side, this right.
The Shaykh: My brother, the issue is not that he has to walk on the right.
Al-Halabi: This is the right, this is the right ...
The Shaykh: No, no, raise all these doubts, they come from here, the word "walk" is not in the hadith, is "walk" in the hadith?
Al-Halabi : There is none.
The Shaykh: Well, is it in the hadith:
The right ones, so the right ones, so the right ones
الأيمنون ، فالأيمنون , فالأيمنونAl-Halabi: Yes.
The Shaykh: Well, so now the one who entered, what does this hadith tell him:
Start with the one on your right
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