Is kissing the Black Stone, pointing to it, and saying takbir when passing it among the recommended practices or the obligatory ones?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Regarding the one who performs tawaf around the House, we said that in the first lap, he should kiss the Black Stone if possible, or touch it, or say takbir. This is for the first lap. What about the remaining laps?
The Shaykh : They are all the same.
The questioner : And if he does not do it, meaning he leaves it intentionally.
The Shaykh : If he does not do it, he owes nothing, because this is a recommended practice (sunnah); the intended act is the tawaf.
The questioner : And the takbir.
The Shaykh : And the takbir, the wiping, and the kissing; all of this is a recommended practice (sunnah).
The student: So it means leaving a recommended practice (sunnah).
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good
The Shaykh : They are all the same.
The questioner : And if he does not do it, meaning he leaves it intentionally.
The Shaykh : If he does not do it, he owes nothing, because this is a recommended practice (sunnah); the intended act is the tawaf.
The questioner : And the takbir.
The Shaykh : And the takbir, the wiping, and the kissing; all of this is a recommended practice (sunnah).
The student: So it means leaving a recommended practice (sunnah).
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good