Continuation of the answer to the previous question: "Is touching the Black Stone specific to the people of Ta'if only, or is it general for everyone?"

The Shaykh : It is not recommended for people to crowd around it in this manner, to the extent that we sometimes see people who pray the obligatory prayer and say the closing salam before the imam in order to touch the Black Stone or kiss it. This is a form of ignorance. There is no doubt that what led them to this action is the strength of love and the strength of emotion, but if the emotion is not in accordance with the Shari'ah, it becomes a destructive storm. My advice to my brothers is not to crowd around the Black Stone. If it is easy for them, let them kiss it and touch it, and if it is not easy, let them not burden themselves or others. Let them know that the purpose of kissing the Black Stone and touching it, as well as touching the Yemeni Corner, is to exalt Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and to follow the example of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The purpose is not seeking blessing from it. The Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, who was guided to the truth in his saying and his action, stopped at the Black Stone and said: "By Allah, I know that you are a stone that neither harms nor benefits, and were it not that I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) kissing you, I would not have kissed you." As for what we see from some ignorant people who have a child with them and they wipe the child's hand with the Black Stone or the Yemeni Corner, and then wipe the child's face and entire body with it, this has no basis. The purpose of touching the Black Stone, kissing it, and touching the Yemeni Corner is to exalt Allah the Exalted and to follow the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.