News of Mecca, ancient and modern

Translation

The book “Akhbar Mecca in Ancient and Modern Times” by Al-Fakihi is a hadith compilation that collects hadiths and monuments related to Mecca, and specifically mentions the virtues of the Black Stone and the Yemeni Corner and the rulings on receiving them, kissing them, and circumambulating the Kaaba. The book includes detailed sections on the virtue of the pillars, the obligatory prayer, and the supplication between the pillar and the place, with a mention of the chain of narrations related to that. The author begins by mentioning the virtue of the Black Corner and that it is one of the stones of Paradise, based on hadiths from Ibn Abbas and other companions.