أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عِيسَی بْنُ يُونُسَ وَجَرِيرٌ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَابِسِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ جَائَ إِلَی الْحَجَرِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّکَ حَجَرٌ وَلَوْلَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُقَبِّلُکَ مَا قَبَّلْتُکَ ثُمَّ دَنَا مِنْهُ فَقَبَّلَهُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2944
It was narrated that ‘Abbas bin Rabi’ah said: “I saw ‘Umar coming to the Stone and saying: ‘I know that you are just a stone; had I not seen the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم kiss you I would not have kissed you.’ Then he came closer to it and kissed it.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020