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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible to seek blessing from the Ka'bah?

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Question:
The questioner asks: Is rubbing against the Ka'bah, seeking blessing from it, and clinging to the door of the Ka'bah prescribed or not prescribed?

Answer:
What has been prescribed for us is only wiping the Yemeni Corner, wiping the Black Stone, and kissing it or pointing to it. This is what is prescribed for us. As for the rest of the Ka'bah, it is not prescribed to wipe it or rub against it. When Mu'awiyah was circumambulating the House and touching the four corners, Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) rebuked him.
So Mu'awiyah said to him, "There is nothing of the House that is neglected; there is nothing of the House that is neglected." Ibn 'Abbas said to him:
There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent patternلَّقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ
[Al-Ahzab 33:21]
. And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) only touched the Yemeni Corner and the Black Stone. He did not touch the Syrian Corner or the Iraqi Corner. So Mu'awiyah said, "You have spoken the truth."
When he said this to him, he accepted it and returned to the Sunnah, and praise be to Allah. This is what is obligatory upon the Muslim: when the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) becomes clear to him, he has no right to leave it. So he does not wipe anything of the House except the two corners: the Yemeni Corner and the Black Stone. This is what was reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wipe. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز التبرك بالكعبة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com

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