The Ruling on Clinging to the Wall of the Ka'bah
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I saw people in Makkah clinging to the wall of the Ka'bah from the Black Stone to beyond the door of the Ka'bah. Is this based on any evidence? This is the act of the ignorant or the foolish, and it is not permissible.
Answer:
One does not cling to the Ka'bah; rather, one circumambulates it and faces it in prayer. As for clinging to it, there is no basis for this. Only the Black Stone is touched and kissed during the tawaf. Likewise, the Yemeni Corner is touched, meaning wiped, but not kissed. As for the other corners of the Ka'bah or its walls, they are not touched, and one does not cling to them.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I saw people in Makkah clinging to the wall of the Ka'bah from the Black Stone to beyond the door of the Ka'bah. Is this based on any evidence? This is the act of the ignorant or the foolish, and it is not permissible.
Answer:
One does not cling to the Ka'bah; rather, one circumambulates it and faces it in prayer. As for clinging to it, there is no basis for this. Only the Black Stone is touched and kissed during the tawaf. Likewise, the Yemeni Corner is touched, meaning wiped, but not kissed. As for the other corners of the Ka'bah or its walls, they are not touched, and one does not cling to them.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [317 /641] رأيت البعض يتعلق بجدار الكعبة من الحجر الأسود إلى ما بعد الكعبة ما حكم...؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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