Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 860

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 860
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَابِسِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يُقَبِّلُ الْحَجَرَ وَيَقُولُ إِنِّي أُقَبِّلُكَ وَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ وَلَوْلاَ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُقَبِّلُكَ لَمْ أُقَبِّلْكَ ‏ .‏ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ عُمَرَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Hannad narrated to us: Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Ibrahim, from Abis ibn Rabi'ah, who said: I saw Umar ibn al-Khattab kiss the Stone and say, ‘I am kissing you, and I know that you are only a stone. Were it not that I saw the Messenger of Allah kiss you, I would not kiss you.’

There are reports on this topic from Abu Bakr and Ibn Umar. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Umar is hasan sahih.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • Umar's statement distinguishes reverence for the prophetic practice from worship of the Stone.