Musnad Ahmad
Musnad Ahmad 274
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى، عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يُقَبِّلُ الْحَجَرَ وَيَقُولُ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ لَا تَضُرُّ وَلَا تَنْفَعُ وَلَكِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِكَ حَفِيًّا.
Translation
‘Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Ibrahim ibn ‘Abd al-A‘la, from Suwayd ibn Ghafalah, who said: I saw ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, kissing the Stone and saying, ‘I know that you are a stone that neither harms nor benefits, but I saw Abu al-Qasim, peace and blessings be upon him, devoted to you.’