pelting with small stones (1). He said, “It neither kills game nor wounds an enemy (2); rather, it puts out the eye and breaks the tooth.” Agreed upon.

In another narration, a relative of Ibn Mughaffil hurled a pebble, whereupon he forbade him and said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited pelting with stones and said, ‘It does not catch game.’” The man repeated the act, so he said, “I have just told you that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade it, yet you return to pelting! I shall never speak to you again (3).”

171 – ʿĀbis ibn Rabīʿah reported: I saw ʿUmar ibn al-Khattāb, may Allah be pleased with him, kissing the Stone—meaning the Black Stone—while saying, “I know you are only a stone that can neither benefit nor harm; had I not seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ kiss you, I would never have kissed you.” Agreed upon.

17 – Chapter: The obligation to submit to the judgment of Allah, and what one should say when summoned to it or when commanded to do good or forbidden from evil.

Allah the Exalted said: “But no, by your Lord, they will not truly believe until they make you judge in all disputes between them, then feel in their hearts no discomfort regarding what you decide and submit in full submission” (An-Nisāʾ 4:65).

And He the Exalted said: “The only statement of the believers (4), when they are called to Allah and His Messenger so that he may judge between them, is that they say, ‘We hear and we obey’; such are the successful” (An-Nūr 24:51).

Among the hadiths included here is the report of Abū Hurayrah mentioned at the beginning of the previous chapter, along with other traditions on the subject.

172 – Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported: When the following was revealed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: