Musnad Ahmad
Musnad Ahmad 361
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسَ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ الْأُصَيْلِعَ يَعْنِي عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يُقَبِّلُ الْحَجَرَ وَيَقُولُ أَمَا إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ وَلَكِنْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُقَبِّلُكَ.
Translation
Muhammad ibn Ja‘far narrated to us; Shu‘bah narrated to us, from ‘Asim al-Ahwal, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sarjis, who said: I saw al-Usayli‘—meaning ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him—kissing the Stone and saying, ‘Indeed, I know that you are a stone, but I saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, kiss you.’