Therefore, the one performing Circumambulation (Al-Ta'if) among the pilgrims says upon touching it:

"I have fulfilled my trust to you and pledged my covenant to you, so that you may bear witness to my fulfillment (Al-Muwafah)."

It was only named "Black" due to the touch of the polytheists and the touch of the hypocrites; and there remained no idol on earth worshipped besides Allah other than it.

It is also reported that Ishmael—prayers of Allah be upon him—was the first to speak Arabic and Syriac, saying: "Hali Kabya," meaning: "This is a stone." Indeed, His saying: {And whoever enters it shall be safe} [is true], and the Pilgrimage to the House became part of the obligations of the Law (Furood al-Shar‘) since the era of Abraham the Intimate (Al-Khalil)—prayers of Allah be upon him.

And the saying of the Almighty: {And proclaim to the people the Hajj; they will come to you on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every distant pass} (Al-Hajj: 27). The pilgrim’s saying: "Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik" (Here I am, O Allah, at Your service) is but the response to the command heard by the world from Abraham the Intimate. And His saying: {Our Lord, I have settled some of my descendants in an uncultivated valley near Your Sacred House, our Lord, that they may establish prayer.