Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 858
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، وَمَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ خُثَيْمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ، قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَمُعَاوِيَةُ لاَ يَمُرُّ بِرُكْنٍ إِلاَّ اسْتَلَمَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَمْ يَكُنْ يَسْتَلِمُ إِلاَّ الْحَجَرَ الأَسْوَدَ وَالرُّكْنَ الْيَمَانِيَ . فَقَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ مَهْجُورًا . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عُمَرَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنْ لاَ يَسْتَلِمَ إِلاَّ الْحَجَرَ الأَسْوَدَ وَالرُّكْنَ الْيَمَانِيَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us: Abd al-Razzaq informed us: Sufyan and Ma'mar informed us, from Ibn Khuthaym, from Abu al-Tufayl, who said: I was with Ibn Abbas while Mu'awiyah did not pass any corner without touching it. Ibn Abbas said to him, ‘The Prophet used to touch only the Black Stone and the Yemeni Corner.’ Mu'awiyah replied, ‘No part of the House should be neglected.’
There is also a report on this topic from Umar. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Ibn Abbas is hasan sahih. Most scholars act on it, touching only the Black Stone and the Yemeni Corner.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The exchange contrasts the Prophet's practice with Mu'awiyah's view that every corner of the Ka'bah should be honored.