"the Black Stone is a white ruby from the rubies of Paradise. It was only blackened by the sins of the polytheists. It will be resurrected on the Day of Judgment as large as Mount Uḥud, bearing witness for those who touched and kissed it from the people of the world." This is a strong corroboration from Ibn Khuthaym, but in the chain to him is Abū al-Junayd—his name is al-Ḥusayn ibn Khālid. Ibn Maʿīn said: "He is not reliable." Ibn ʿAdī said: "Most of his ḥadīth are from weak narrators." I say: His teacher here is Ḥammād ibn Salamah, who is reliable, and a group of reliable narrators have reported it from Ḥammād from ʿAṭāʾ ibn al-Sāʾib with it as previously mentioned. It was recorded by Aḥmad and others who were mentioned earlier. This indicates the error of Abū al-Junayd regarding Ḥammād when he narrated it from him from Ibn Khuthaym, contrary to the narration of the group. Thus, his narration is rejected, both in chain and content. The first part of it has a corroborating narration from Anas, raised [to the Prophet], with the wording: "the Black Stone is from the stones of Paradise." It was recorded by al-ʿUqaylī in "al-Ḍuʿafāʾ" (p. 275), al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Awsaṭ" (1/118/1), and al-Bayhaqī in "al-Sunan" (5/75) through the route of Shādh ibn Fayāḍ: ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us from Qatādah from him. Al-ʿUqaylī commented, saying: "It is also narrated from Anas as a mawqūf [non-prophetic] narration." Ibn Abī Ḥātim clarified it, saying in "al-ʿIlal" (1/276) from his father: "ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm made a mistake, and Shuʿbah and ʿAmr ibn al-Ḥārith al-Miṣrī narrated it from Qatādah from Anas, as mawqūf."