قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَتَيْتُ الْحَجَرَ الْأَسْوَدَ فَوَجَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ زِحَاماً فَلَمْ أَلْقَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ لَا بُدَّ مِنِ اسْتِلَامِهِ فَقَالَ إِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ خَالِياً وَ إِلَّا فَسَلِّمْ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Sayf Al Tammar who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘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<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘If you find it empty, otherwise greet it from afar’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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