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Hello, Sheikh Fariq, my name is Ranganath Razik.
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I am a secondary school student from Andhra
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Pradesh, India, born in Mississippi, USA.
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Thanks to Dr Zakir Naik Sahib and you,
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I have reverted to Islam from Hinduism.
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My question is in Sahih Al-Bukhari and
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Sahih Muslim, Umar, he said regarding the black
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stone that it is a mere stone with
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no power.
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How can a powerless stone be a cause
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for removing someone's sins?
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As it is mentioned in Sunan An-Nasa
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'i.
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Jazakallahu Khairan.
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We both love, we love you both and
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we will always keep you in Aduaz.
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Ameen.
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There's a Hadith of our beloved Prophet Muhammad,
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may peace and blessings be upon him, that
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is mentioned in Sahih Al-Bukhari.
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Umar, he says regarding the black stone, I
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know
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that
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you are a black stone and can neither
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benefit me nor harm me.
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Had I not seen the Prophet, peace be
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upon him, kiss or touch you, I would
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have not done so.
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Had I not seen the Prophet, peace be
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upon him, kiss you, I would have not
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done so.
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From this Hadith of Umar, may Allah bless
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him and grant him peace, we clearly understand
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the reason Umar, he kissed the black stone
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is in order to follow the Sunnah of
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our beloved Prophet Muhammad, may peace and blessings
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be upon him.
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And he clearly said in this Hadith that
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the stone can neither benefit nor cause harm.
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There's another Hadith of our beloved Prophet Muhammad,
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may peace and blessings be upon him, that
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is mentioned in Jamat Tirmidhi, Hadith number 691,
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that the black stone on the Day of
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Judgment, it will have hands and Allah will
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give it hands and a tongue to testify
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to Allah for those who kissed it with
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due respect.
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In another Hadith, our beloved Prophet Muhammad, peace
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be upon him, said, and this Hadith is
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mentioned in Jamat Tirmidhi, Hadith number 959, that
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Abdullah ibn Umar, he pushes his way through
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in order to move towards the Rukn al
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-Yamani and the black stone and in order
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to kiss the black stone.
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So the people, they asked him, why did
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he do so?
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So he said that he heard the Prophet,
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peace be upon him, mentioned regarding it that
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anyone who kisses the black stone, it is
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an expiation for the sins.
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So there are several Hadith which talk about
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the importance of the black stone and kissing
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the black stone.
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Now, the black stone in and of itself,
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it cannot benefit or harm an individual.
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In and of itself, it is not an
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expiation for the sins of the Muslims.
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But if a person kisses it with the
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intention, with the niyyah of following the Sunnah
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of our beloved Prophet Muhammad, may peace and
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blessings be upon him, then he will be
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rewarded and inshallah, his sins will be forgiven.
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So the reason a person's sins will be
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forgiven is because he's following the Sunnah of
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our beloved Prophet Muhammad, may peace and blessings
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be upon him, in kissing the black stone.
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From the Hadith of Umar, we clearly understand
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the black stone cannot do any harm or
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benefit to an individual.
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But it is upon the niyyah of an
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individual.
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If we do it to follow the Sunnah
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of our beloved Prophet Muhammad, may peace and
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blessings be upon him.
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If we kiss the black stone out of
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respect because the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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kissed the black stone, then our sins will
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inshallah be forgiven.
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And the same goes with following any Sunnah
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of the beloved Prophet Muhammad, may peace and
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blessings be upon him.
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If we follow the Sunnah of our beloved
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Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.
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If we do a particular act because the
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Prophet, peace be upon him, did it, then,
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but natural, we will be rewarded for it.
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So the more we follow the Sunnah of
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our beloved Prophet Muhammad, may peace and blessings
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be upon him, the more it will draw
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us closer towards Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
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the more we will be rewarded for it.
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So therefore, we should see to it that
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we try our level best to follow the
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way, the Sunnah of our beloved Prophet Muhammad,
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may peace and blessings be upon him.
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And there are several Sunnah of our beloved
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Prophet Muhammad, may peace and blessings be upon
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him, that I mentioned in the Ahadith of
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our beloved Prophet Muhammad, may peace and blessings
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be upon him.
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But unfortunately, many Muslims, they take it lightly
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and they think that this is a mere
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Sunnah and they neglect it.
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But at the same time, as far as
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kissing the black stone is concerned, unfortunately, many
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people, they think it is so important and
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they literally push their Muslim brothers in order
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to do the Sunnah.
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Pushing or causing harm to our fellow brothers,
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it is haram.
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So how can an individual do something that
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is haram in order to do something that
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is a Sunnah?
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So we should understand what is important.
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If it is very clouded while you are
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doing Tawaf, then you can just show your
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hand towards the black stone when you complete
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the round and say, Bismillah Allahu Akbar.
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So inshallah, this is sufficient and the black
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stone, inshallah, if we do it in order
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to follow the Sunnah of our beloved Prophet
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Muhammad, may peace and blessings be upon him,
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as mentioned in the Ahadith, inshallah, it will
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be an expiation for the sins.
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But we should always see to that we
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purify our Niyah, we purify our intentions.
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So I hope that answers your question.
