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ثُمَّ ابْتَدَأَ بِالْحَجَرِ الْأَسْوَدِ، فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ، وَكَبَّرَ وَهَلَّلَ، وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَعَ التَّكْبِيرِ، وَاسْتَلَمَهُ وَقَبَّلَهُ إِنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُؤْذِيَ مُسْلِمًا.
Translation: He begins at the Black Stone, faces it, says takbīr and tahlīl, raises his hands with takbīr, and touches and kisses it if possible without harming another Muslim.

The decisive qualification is “min ghayri an yuʾdhiya Musliman”: reaching the Stone must not involve harming another Muslim.

Istilām means touching the Stone; taqbīl is kissing it. The passage makes physical contact conditional on ability without causing harm.

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Facing and greeting the Black Stone

Book of Hajj: Entering Mecca and Tawaf al-Qudum

ثُمَّ ابْتَدَأَ بِالْحَجَرِ الْأَسْوَدِ، فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ، وَكَبَّرَ وَهَلَّلَ، وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَعَ التَّكْبِيرِ، وَاسْتَلَمَهُ وَقَبَّلَهُ إِنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُؤْذِيَ مُسْلِمًا.
Translation: He begins at the Black Stone, faces it, says takbīr and tahlīl, raises his hands with takbīr, and touches and kisses it if possible without harming another Muslim.

The decisive qualification is “min ghayri an yuʾdhiya Musliman”: reaching the Stone must not involve harming another Muslim.

Istilām means touching the Stone; taqbīl is kissing it. The passage makes physical contact conditional on ability without causing harm.