[131] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ...

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Sa’eed, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Sayf Al Tammar who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah -asws , ‘I went over to the (Black) Stone, so I found congestion at it. So, I did not find except for one man from our companions, So I asked him, and he said, ‘It is a must to touch it’. So he -asws said: ‘If you find it empty, otherwise greet it from afar’.

[132] Rukan-e-Al-Yamany It is narrated from Imam -asws that Allah -azwj has nominated an angel at ‘Rukan-e-Al-Yamany’ who is affixed to it and says ‘Ameen! [133] ’ to your prayers. In another tradition, Imam -asws said, Rukan-e-Al-Yamany is one of the gates of paradise and is open only for the followers of Alay [134] Mohammed -asws and there is nothing for others, when a momin prayers here, his prayers arrive at the ‘Arsh [135] ’ and there remains no veil between him and his Lord -azwj [136] .

Which one should prefer Tawaaf or the Salat in Harram (Kabah)? Imam -asws said, Circumambulation is preferable for those who do not reside in Makkah whereas Salat gets priority over Circumambulation for the residents of Makkah [137] . It is also narrated that performing Tawaaf prior to performing Hajj is better than 70 Tawaaf performed after completing Haj [138] . One may drink water if thirsty, during Tawaaf.

[139] Muqam-e-Ibrahim’ is not where it should have been: Imam -asws then added, Hazrat Ibrahim -as placed it very close to the wall of Kabah (since it was used to build Kabah), and it stayed there for a very long time. However, people during the era of ignorance, removed it from its original place. Upon the fall down of Makkah, it was placed back to its original place (by Rasool-Allah -saww ) where it was placed by Hazrat Ibrahim -as .

It stayed there until the time of Ummer, he asked people to tell him its original place (its location as per people of ignorance, since he was one of them), a man came forward and said he has noted down that distance from the wall of Kabah. Ummer asked him to fetch that measure.