The Method of 'Umrah: Its Recommended Practices and Innovations

The Shaykh : Then he goes to the mosque, enters it, and proceeds to the Black Stone. He faces it and kisses it if it is possible for him to do so. This is very rare, also for the reason I mentioned earlier regarding the intensity of the crowd. If it is possible for him to kiss the Black Stone without harming any of the Muslims by crowding them, that is part of the completion of the recommended practice. As 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said in what is authentic from him: This serves as a reminder that acts of worship are based on divine legislation. By "based on divine legislation," it is meant that they are not a matter of opinion, independent legal reasoning, or derivation. Independent legal reasoning and derivation apply only to practical rulings in which a Muslim must take a specific stance. As for acts of worship, they are based on divine legislation; we stand with the text, we do not exercise independent legal reasoning, we do not use analogical reasoning, and we do not expand upon them...