What is the ruling on kissing the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and seeking blessing by wiping his pulpit?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner asks: What is the ruling on kissing the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and seeking blessing by wiping his pulpit?
The Shaykh:
What is its ruling?
The questioner:
Kissing the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh:
And can you even reach the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? You cannot, and no one can. It is protected by iron and there are doors before it; you cannot reach it.
The questioner:
And what is the ruling on seeking blessing by wiping his pulpit?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. This is not permissible. One does not seek blessing from a pulpit except with what separated from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), such as sweat or hair that separated from his noble body; one seeks blessing with that. But there is nothing in it now that separated from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). And the pulpit is not something that separated from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He used the pulpit on which he delivered sermons, more than once, but it is a place. The place is the location of the pulpit of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner asks: What is the ruling on kissing the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and seeking blessing by wiping his pulpit?
The Shaykh:
What is its ruling?
The questioner:
Kissing the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh:
And can you even reach the grave of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? You cannot, and no one can. It is protected by iron and there are doors before it; you cannot reach it.
The questioner:
And what is the ruling on seeking blessing by wiping his pulpit?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. This is not permissible. One does not seek blessing from a pulpit except with what separated from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), such as sweat or hair that separated from his noble body; one seeks blessing with that. But there is nothing in it now that separated from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). And the pulpit is not something that separated from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He used the pulpit on which he delivered sermons, more than once, but it is a place. The place is the location of the pulpit of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم تقبيل قبر النبي –صلى الله عليه وسلم ، والتبرك بمسح منبره؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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