Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The black stone descended from Paradise and it was whiter than milk, but it became black due to the sins of the children of Adam.”
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 877
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Tirmidhi
Imam al-Qari commented, “Some commentators among our scholars said: This narration may be intended as rhetorical emphasis in magnifying the status of the Stone and in illustrating the horror of sins and offenses. The meaning is that the Stone, due to the honor, nobility, blessing, and grace within it, resembles the jewels of Paradise, as though it descended from there. Likewise, the sins of the children of Adam are so severe that they nearly affect even inanimate objects, turning what is white among them black—so what then of their hearts? Or it may mean that, insofar as the Stone expiates sins and erases offenses, it is as though it is from Paradise. Due to the immense burden it bears from carrying the sins of the children of Adam, it became like something intensely white that was blackened by sins. Supporting this interpretation is that it once contained white spots, but the blackness continued accumulating upon them until it covered them completely.”
Source: Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ 5/1790
عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَزَلَ الْحَجَرُ الْأَسْوَدُ مِنْ الْجَنَّةِ وَهُوَ أَشَدُّ بَيَاضًا مِنْ اللَّبَنِ فَسَوَّدَتْهُ خَطَايَا بَنِي آدَمَ
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قال الملا على القاري وَقَالَ بَعْضُ الشُّرَّاحِ مِنْ عُلَمَائِنَا هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ يُحْتَمَلُ أَنْ يُرَادَ بِهِ الْمُبَالَغَةُ فِي تَنْظِيمِ شَأْنِ الْحَجَرِ وَتَفْظِيعِ أَمْرِ الْخَطَايَا وَالذُّنُوبِ وَالْمَعْنَى أَنَّ الْحَجَرَ لِمَا فِيهِ مِنَ الشَّرَفِ وَالْكَرَامَةِ وَالْيُمْنِ وَالْبَرَكَةِ شَارَكَ جَوَاهِرَ الْجَنَّةِ فَكَأَنَّهُ نَزَلَ مِنْهَا وَأَنَّ خَطَايَا بَنِي آدَمَ تَكَادُ تُؤَثِّرُ فِي الْجَمَادِ فَتَجْعَلُ الْمُبَيَّضَ مِنْهُ أَسْوَدَ فَكَيْفَ بِقُلُوبِهِمْ أَوْ لِأَنَّهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ إِنَّهُ مُكَفِّرٌ لِلْخَطَايَا مَحَّاءٌ لِلذُّنُوبِ كَأَنَّهُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ، وَمِنْ كَثْرَةِ تَحَمُّلِهِ أَوْزَارَ بَنِي آدَمَ صَارَ كَأَنَّهُ ذُو بَيَاضٍ شَدِيدٍ فَسَوَّدَتْهُ الْخَطَايَا وَمِمَّا يُؤَيِّدُ هَذَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِيهِ نُقَطٌ بِيضٌ ثُمَّ لَا زَالَ السَّوَادُ يَتَرَاكَمُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى عَمَّهَا
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