سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الْحَجَرِ إِذَا لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ مَسَّهُ وَ كَثُرَ الزِّحَامُ فَقَالَ أَمَّا الشَّيْخُ الْكَبِيرُ وَ الضَّعِيفُ وَ الْمَرِيضُ فَمُرَخَّصٌ وَ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَدَعَ مَسَّهُ إِلَّا أَنْ لَا تَجِدَ بُدّاً .
Translation
Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Sama’at, from someone else, from Aban Bin Usman, from Muhammad Al Halby who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the (Black) Stone when one is not able to touch it and there is a lot of congestion. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘As for the aged old man, and the weak, and the sick, so they are authorised; and I<sup>asws</sup> do not like it that you should leave touching it except if you cannot find opportunity to do so’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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