The Book of Hajj-10a
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The reciter: Khalaf ibn Hisham, al-Maqdami, Abu Kamil, and Qutaybah ibn Sa'id all narrated from Hammad. Khalaf said: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us from Asim al-Ahwal from Abdullah ibn Sarjis, who said: Sahih Muslim 1270c In the narration of al-Maqdami and Abu Kamil, it is: I saw al-Asil.
The Shaykh : As for al-Asil, it is apparent that it is a form of exaggeration, and this is not a defect, because baldness is praised among the Arabs.
As the poet said.
I saw the bald one, i. e. 'Umar b. Khattib (Allah be pleased with him). kissing the Stone and saying: By Allah. I am kissing with full consciousness of the fact that you are a stone and that you can neither do any harm nor good; and if I had not seen Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) kissing you. I would not have kissed you.
رأيت الأصلع يعني عمر بن الخطّاب يقبّل الحجر ويقول : والله ، إنّي لأقبّلك ، وإنّي أعلم أنّك حجرٌ ، وأنّك لا تضرّ ولا تنفع ، ولولا أنّي رأيت رسول الله صلّى الله عليه وسلّم قبّلك ما قبّلتكThe Shaykh : As for al-Asil, it is apparent that it is a form of exaggeration, and this is not a defect, because baldness is praised among the Arabs.
As the poet said.