حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَنَا أَتْلُوهُمَا فِي ظُهُورِهِمَا أَسْمَعُ كَلَامَهُمَا فَطَفِقَ مُعَاوِيَةُ يَسْتَلِمُ رُكْنَ الْحَجَرَ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَسْتَلِمْ هَذَيْنِ الرُّكْنَيْنِ فَيَقُولُ مُعَاوِيَةُ دَعْنِي مِنْكَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ مَهْجُورٌ فَطَفِقَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لَا يَزِيدُهُ كُلَّمَا وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْ الرُّكْنَيْنِ قَالَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2210
It was narrated that AbuN Tufail said: I saw Mu'awiyah circumambulating the House with 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (RA) on his left, and I was following behind them and I could hear what they were saying, Mu'awiyah started touching the comer of the Black Stone, and 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (RA) said to him: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) did not touch these two corners. Mu'awiyah said: Leave me alone, O Ibn 'Abbas, for there is nothing of it to be forsaken! Ibn 'Abbas continued to say the same thing and no more; every time he put his hand on either of the two comers he said that to him.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020