it is very tempting to try to touch it but it is almost impossible especially in between prayers, you have to be patient and follow a long queue.

Probably the second most important thing people like to do in the Haram, after the Hajj/Umrah, is to get a chance to kiss the black stone. Some are lucky enough to get to it unscathed, but for most, it involves a lot of pushing and shoving and bad looks from every direction :) Like many have said, if you can... More

always crowded, it is not easy to reach unless you have to be patient, and follow the queue - only for men- for ladies there is no clear queue.

it's very hard to reach, please don't push people to reach it. It's better not to reach it then hurting others!

located at teh starting point of "Tawaf" normally it si said to be a stone from haeven, it was a white color stone which was changed to black by the humain sins... if you would have the chance to reach it it preferable to ahnd touch it or if you got the chance to kiss it it would be much... More

I idid about 10 tawaafs while I was in Mecca but to get to the black stone to me looked very dangerous. it did not bother me much as I have been to mecca a few times. I would suggest that the custodians of the holy mosque devise a way to have this facility reviewed to give more people an... More

best experience but shame people push and shove . its a holly place but people do not care they just push u around and try to knock you down so they can go forward and kiss the stone.

I was inches away from touching the black stone however people push through like huligans and injure people around them which defeats the reasons of umrah so didn't bother trying to touch it again

The world's number 1 Wonder! The black stone , the Kaaba, the mosque , everything there is magnificent! And especially the thousands of Muslims people , either black or white united under one roof and praying together ... If I have to come each year , I will do so inshaAllah :)