It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Tawaf of the Sacred House (Baytullah), he would touch or, it is said, perform Istilam of the Black Stone and the Yemeni Corner in every circuit.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Tawaf of the Sacred House riding on a camel. Whenever he came to the Black Stone, he would point towards it. This narration is from Janab Bundar.

Hazrat Salim bin Abdullah narrates from his esteemed father Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), who says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform istilam (touching or kissing) of only the Hajar Aswad and the corner close to it on the side of Dar al-Jumhain (Rukn Yamani) among the corners of the Ka'bah.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Have you not seen the condition of your people? When they rebuilt the House of Allah, they reduced it from the foundations of Ibrahim (peace be upon him)." Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says, I asked, "Why do you not rebuild it upon the foundations of Ibrahim (peace be upon him)?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If your people had not only recently come out of disbelief and become Muslim (I would surely have rebuilt it upon the foundations of Ibrahim, peace be upon him)."

The narrator says that then Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that indeed Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) must have heard this from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and for this reason, in my opinion, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not perform Istilam (touching or kissing) of the two corners on the side of Hatim, only because the Sacred House was not completely built upon the foundations of Ibrahim (peace be upon him), (and these two corners are not upon those foundations)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) kissed the Yemeni Corner and placed his blessed cheek upon it.

Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say: Memorize this hadith well. He narrated it from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate between the two corners «‏‏‏‏اللَّهُمَّ قَنَّعْنِي بِمَا رَزَقْتَنِي، وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَاخْلُفْ عَلَيَّ كُلَّ غَائِبَةٍ بِخَيْرٍ ‏» “O my Lord, grant me contentment in the provision You have given me, and bless me in it, and be a guardian with goodness and well-being over everything of mine that is absent.”

It is narrated from Ubaid bin Umair that he asked Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them), "What is the reason that I see you only touching the Hajar Aswad and the Yemeni Corner?" So Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) replied, "If I only touch these two corners, (the reason is that) I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say, 'Touching these two corners is a cause for the forgiveness of sins.'"

A narration similar to the above-mentioned hadith is reported from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Black Stone and Maqam Ibrahim are two rubies from the rubies of Paradise. Allah Almighty has extinguished their light. And if Allah Almighty had not extinguished their light, they would have illuminated everything between the east and the west."

Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that to my knowledge, only Ayyub bin Suwayd has narrated this hadith with a musnad chain from Imam Zuhri, provided that he remembered it from Imam Zuhri. Besides Imam Zuhri, Raja Abu Yahya has also narrated this hadith from Masafih bin Shaybah.

Hazrat Masaafi’ bin Shaybah narrates that I heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) swear three times, and he put his fingers in his ears and said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say,“Indeed, the Black Stone and Maqam Ibrahim...”(He narrated a hadith similar to the one mentioned above.) Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I do not know about the criticism or praise (jarh wa ta'dil) regarding Abu Raja. I do not consider the hadith of such narrators as proof or evidence.