And we asked HDE Gohar Shahi,
'Why is it necessary to kiss the Hajre Aswad?
What is the reason?’
The Lord said,
'It is necessary to kiss Hajre Aswad because
one of the specialities of this stone is…
Why Is It Necessary to Kiss the Holy Black Stone?
‘One of the specialities of this stone is
that one who kisses the stone with reverence and love,
the Hajre Aswad sucks their sins from them
and this is how they are made free of sins'.
And the very reason behind the saying, that if ones Hajj is divinely affirmed/accepted,
all their sins will be forgiven,
is due to the presence of Hajre Aswad.
People search for the secret to the divine affirmation of Hajj.
The condition of your Hajj being accepted is nought
but this:
One who kisses the Hajre Aswad with love and reverence,
the stone absorbs all their sins.
When we kiss the Hajre Aswad,
we make physical contact with it.
Your lips must touch the stone.
When your lips touch the stone,
it sucks out the sins from your body.
The clergy of Saudi Arabia of the past,
and many other clergymen that came,
they introduced corruption in this.
You see how girlfriends and boyfriends, husbands and wives
kiss one another,
and then the other method is a flying kiss.
Which is better?
Which kiss is better,
the one in which your lips make contact
or a flying kiss?
Physical [kiss].
Now, the corruption occurred when the clergymen...
And only God knows what was the intention of the clergy,
but their reasoning was
that pilgrims have increased in great number.
And if every single person kisses the Hajre Aswad,
it would become chaotic
and many people have said that it results in a brawl,
people start trampling each other
in trying to get closer to the Hajre Aswad and kissing it.
To mitigate this,
they introduced a method of sending a flying kiss to the Hajre Aswad,
which they call 'istelam'.
Meaning, you just send a flying kiss to the Hajre Aswas from afar.
This is istelam and your Hajj is complete.
This is unlawful.
That’s what I’m trying to explain.
This flying kiss from a distance,
if it is lawful,
then you should hug, kiss and impregnate your wife from afar.
Why do you touch her?
It was necessary to say it like this,
I apologise if you’re offended.
They say, 'your kiss shall be affirmed',
however, that's not what God said.
God did not command istelam.
The Messenger of God (s) said,
'Those that kiss the stone with love and reverence,
it shall grant them salvation'.
There is no such thing as istelam in the hadith.
So, they introduced this corruption
and destroyed the Hajj of millions upon millions of people.
Now, people in Europe, England and America are wealthy,
they can easily go for Hajj several times.
Whereas the poverty-stricken people in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan...
The average person,
has to save money all their lives
and then are able to go to Hajj, it’s a lifetime journey for them.
And if they then go for the first and last time,
and something goes wrong,
then there’s nothing more unfortunate than that for them.
The problem is,
all these people that claim to be scholars and muftis and Shaykh ul Islam,
why have they never raised a voice against this?
They never asked, 'what are you guys doing to the religion?'
So, the Prophet (s) decreed in the hadith,
the words that the Prophet (s) used were
‘kiss the Hajre Aswad’,
that those who kissed the stone with love and reverence,
this stone would provide them salvation on the Day of Judgement.
No narration makes mention of 'istelam’, to send a flying kiss.
It is a fabrication of the clergy.
So, you see the Hadith has been sidelined,
and no one is paying attention to the words of the Prophet (s).
They’ve fabricated new rules
and have destroyed the Hajj of millions.
When the Prophet (s) has said,
'Kiss the stone
with love and reverence for salvation',
then don’t start making your own stories.
If the Prophet (s) has said that you must kiss it, you must kiss it.
This statement of the Prophet (s) holds wisdom.
Now, what that wisdom is, they didn’t know.
Obviously, a mere ordinary stone isn't able to absorb sins
[but] there is something in that stone
which erases your sins.
A mere stone doesn’t have such powers,
how can it?
A mere stone doesn’t have such powers,
so what is within the Hajre Aswad?