What is the wisdom in kissing the black stone?
With regard to this question, we should know that faith in the Unseen as well as the complete surrender to the Commands of Allah are basic pillars in Islam. As a Divine religion, Islam contains many things whose specific wisdom cannot be perceived by the limited mind of human being and it is only Allah who knows them the Almighty. These matters are called Ta`abuddi acts. The significance to do these acts is to show obedience and surrender to Allah. All these matters serve in differentiating the true worshippers who completely follow the Divine Commands from those whose faith is but lip service. On circumambulating the Ka`bah, it is sufficient for a Muslim to believe that this Holy Mosque was built by Abraham, peace and blessings be upon him, who destroyed idols and was the father and first man to call to monotheism or the oneness of God. He himself was a nation and was never of the polytheists. As for the origin of the black stone, Ibn `Abbas is reported to have said: “The Black Stone
