HISTORY OF BLACK STONE
    (hajra_e_asvad)

   1.It was Abraham (peace be upon him) who first fixed the Black Stone in its position. It
     is a precious stone from Paradise.

   2.When Banu Bakr bin `Abd Manah bin Kinanah and Ghishan bin Khuza`ah forced
     Jurhum to leave Mecca, `Amr bin Al-Harith bin Mudad Al-Jurhumi buried two golden
     deer and the Black Stone in the Well of Zamzam. Then, he set forth with the Jurhumi
     fellows for Yemen.

   3.The Black Stone did not rest for long in the Well of Zamzam. A woman from
     Khuza`ah led her people to its hiding place, for she had seen Jurhum burying it. They,
     therefore, restored it to its position. This took place before the construction of Qusaiy
     bin Kilab.

   4.Under the leadership of Abu Tahir, the Karmathians seized Mecca. They killed seven
     hundred persons inside the Sanctuary while they were clinging to the Ka`bah. With their bodies Abu Tahir filled Zamzam
     up and floored the Sacred Mosque and its precincts. Moreover, he usurped the people's wealth, jewels of the Ka`bah
     and ripped its curtains apart. He shared out the covering of the Ka`bah amongst his followers, practised plunderage,
     pulled out the Ka`bah door and the golden waterspout. On the seventh of Dhul-Hijjah, 317 A.H. Abu Tahir ordered
     Ja`afar bin `Ilaj to remove the the Black Stone. That followed committing many atrocities against those who
     circumambulated the Sacred House, took seclusion for worship, bowed, or prostrated themselves therein [in Prayer].
     The Karmathians took the Black Stone to Hajar (their homeland), leaving its place in the Ka`bah empty. The people,
     seeking blessing, used to put their hands in its empty place until the Black Stone had been restored by Sunbur bin
     Al-Hasan the Karmathian on Tuesday, the Day of Sacrifice, 339 A.H. Thus, the Stone remained missing for about
     twenty-two years.

   5.In 363, a Roman approached the Black Stone and hit it violently with an axe which made a scratch that is still apparent
     therein. He raised his arm to hit it again, but a Yemeni stabbed him.

   6.In the Year 413, the Fatimids sent some of their Egyptian followers
     who were induced by Al-Hakim Al-`Ubaidi. Among them was a man
     with reddish-blond hair, well-built and tall. He carried a sword and a
     crowbar. He hit the Stone thrice and splinters flew. He said, "Until
     when will that Stone be worshipped? Neither Muhammad nor `Ali
     can prevent me from what I am doing. I am determined to pull this
     House down." Whereupon, he was surrounded by the Knights who
     killed and burnt him together with his supporters."

   7.In 990 A.H., a non-Arab came with a crowbar in his hand and hit the
     Black Stone. Prince Nasser, however, stabbed him to death.

   8.At the end of Muharram, 1351 A.H., an Afghani came and pulled out a piece of the Stone, stole a piece of the Ka`bah
     covering and a piece of silver from the Ka`bah ladder. The guards caught him. Then, he has been sentenced to death as
     punishment. On the 28th of Rabi` I, 1351 A.H., His Majesty King `Abdul-'Aziz bin `Abdul-Rahman Al-Faisal Al-Sa'ud,
     came from Ta'if to the Sacred Mosque where he re-affixed the piece which had been pulled out by that damned person.
     He used a chemical compound mixed with musk and ambergris specially prepared by chemists to affix that piece.

Also read the Article "The Black Stone" for further information about the Black Stone and its significance and meaning inIslam.