Manāsik al-ḤajjIbn Taimiya

, and other graves of the prophets and the righteous, as well as the Rock (1) of the Jerusalem sanctuary: none of these is to be touched (2) or kissed (3) by unanimous agreement of the leading scholars (4).

As for performing tawaf around any of them, that is one of the gravest forbidden innovations. Whoever adopts it as a religious practice must be ordered to repent; if he repents, so be it, but if he refuses he is to be executed.

Even if someone were merely to place his hand on the shadhrawan (5)—the ledge to which the Kaʿbah’s cloth coverings are fastened (6)—

(1) In manuscript B the phrase reads: “and rocks.” (2) Manuscripts A and B have: “so he does not touch.” (3) Manuscript B records: “nor does he kiss.” Ibn Taymiyyah states in Majmuʿ al-Fatawa 17/476: “Nothing on earth is to be kissed except the Black Stone.” (4) The words “by unanimous agreement of the imams” are missing in manuscript B. Al-Ikhtiyarat, p. 175, affirms: “Kissing or wiping the Maqam is not prescribed by consensus; all other sites are even less deserving of such acts.” (5) This concerns the part that projects beyond the Kaaba’s wall. Al-Mutaliʿ, p. 229, explains: “Shadhrwan al-Kaʿba—pronounced with open sh and dh and a silent r—is the ledge left protruding from the wall, raised about two-thirds of a cubit above ground. Al-Azraqi puts its height at sixteen finger-breadths and its width at one cubit (twenty-four finger-breadths). It is a section of the Kaaba omitted by Quraysh when they rebuilt it. Today it is plated, making it hard to tread on; may Allah reward the one who did so.” (6) Manuscripts C and D read: “he ties.”
فيه، وغيرِ ذلك مِنْ مقابرِ الأنبياءِ والصالحينَ، وصخرةِ (١) بيتِ المقدسِ: فلا تُسْتَلَمُ (٢) ولا تُقَبَّلُ (٣) باتفاقِ الأئمةِ (٤) . وأمَّا الطوافُ بذلك: فهو مِنْ أعظمِ البِدَعِ الْمُحَرَّمَةِ، ومَنِ اتَّخَذَهُ دِينًا يُستتابُ، فإنْ تابَ وإلا قُتِلَ. ولو وَضَعَ يدَهُ على الشَّاذَرْوَانِ (٥) الذي تربط (٦) فيه أستارُ
(١) في (ب): (وصخرات). (٢) في (أ) و (ب): (فلا يستلم). (٣) في (ب) و (ب): (ولا يقبل). قال شيخ الإسلام في مجموع الفتاوى ١٧/ ٤٧٦: (ولا يقبل ما على وجه الأرض إلا الحجر الأسود). (٤) قوله: (باتفاق الأئمة) سقط من (ب). وفي الاختيارات ص ١٧٥: (ولا يشرع تقبيل المقام ومسحه إجماعًا، فسائر المقامات غيرَه أولى). (٥) وهو ما فَضَلَ عن جدار الكعبة، قال في المطلع (ص ٢٢٩): (شَاذَرْوان الكَعْبَةِ: بفتح الشين والذال المعجمتين، وسكون الراء: القدر الذي ترك خارجًا عن عرض الجدار مرتفعًا عن وجه الأرض قدر ثلثي ذراع، قال الأزرقي: قدره ستة عشر إصبعًا، وعرضه: ذراع، والذراع أربع وعشرون اصبعًا، وهو جزء من الكعبة نَقَصَته قريش، وهو ظاهر في جوانب البيت إلا عند الحجر الأسود، وهو في هذا الزمان قد صفح بحيث يعسر الدوس عليه، فجزى الله فاعله خيرًا). (٦) في (ج) و (د): (يربط).

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