156 - Touching the Two Corners During Every Circumambulation

2947 - Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna informed us, saying: Yahya narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Rawwad, from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar, that the Prophet ﷺ used to touch the Yamani Corner and the Black Stone during every circumambulation.

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Also from Hammad, he said: al-Zubayr ibn 'Arabi narrated to us, he said: I asked Ibn 'Umar. Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar mentioned it in "al-Fath" 3/475.

A similar narration has preceded via the route of 'Abdullah ibn 'Ubayd ibn 'Umayr, from Ibn 'Umar, under number (2919).

It will follow via the route of 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Abi Rawwad under number (2947), and via the route of 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Umar al-'Umari under numbers (2948) and (2952), and via the route of Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani under number (2953) — all three of them from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar.

It will also follow via the route of Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, from Salim ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, from his father, under numbers (2949) and (2951).

al-Sindi said: His statement: "If I am crowded" — built upon the passive voice, and likewise: "If I am overwhelmed," meaning: is it permissible for me to leave it?

Note: The compiler placed this hadith in the chapter on the reason for which the Prophet ﷺ performed the sa'i around the House, whereas it rightfully belongs in the chapter on touching the Black Stone, or the chapter on kissing the Stone, both of which have preceded. And Allah knows best.

(1) In the margins of (R) and (M): "a single circumambulation" (variant reading), and the same applies to the word before it in the chapter heading.
(2) Its chain is strong; its narrators are trustworthy, except that Ibn Abi Rawwad — who is 'Abd al-'Aziz — falls slightly below the level of trustworthiness. Yahya: he is Ibn Sa'id al-Qattan, and Nafi': he is the freed slave of Ibn 'Umar. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (3914).

Ahmad (4686) and Abu Dawud (1876) also narrated it via the route of Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Qattan, with this chain, and Abu Dawud added: "And 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar used to do it."

Ahmad (5965) and (6395) also narrated it via two routes, from 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Abi Rawwad, with it, and added: "And he did not touch the other two corners that adjoin the Hijr."

A similar narration has preceded from the route of al-Zubayr ibn 'Arabi, from Ibn 'Umar, with it, and the rest of its narrations are to be consulted there.