question #3 Sahih Muslim 1270c, Book 15, Hadith 275 : What does Umar ibn Khattab’s statement about the Black Stone reveal about the understanding of objects in Islam?

I saw the bald one, i. e. ‘Umar b. Khattib (Allah be pleased with him). kissing the Stone and saying: By Allah. I am kissing with full consciousness of the fact that you are a stone and that you can neither do any harm nor good; and if I had not seen Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) kissing you. I would not have kissed you. The rest of the hadith is the same.