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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible to rub oneself against the window of the Prophet's chamber?

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Question:
And this person says: rubbing oneself against its window, rubbing oneself against the window of the Prophet's chamber.

Answer:
This is not permissible, because if the one doing this seeks blessing from the building and the window, that is shirk (associating partners with Allah), because seeking blessing from other than Allah the Mighty and Majestic is shirk. If one seeks blessing from a tree or a stone or anything else, he has committed shirk. As the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the hadith of Abu Waqid al-Laythi: "We went out with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and we were newly converted from disbelief. The polytheists who went out with the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) for the Battle of Hunayn had a lote tree around which they would stand in worship and to which they would hang their weapons, meaning they sought blessing from it. So we passed by a lote tree and we said: O Messenger of Allah, make for us a Dhat Anwat (a tree of worship) just as they have their Dhat Anwat. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest). Those are the ways of the former peoples. You said, by My life, just as the Children of Israel said:
Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods." He said, "Indeed, you are a people behaving ignorantly.مُوسَى اجْعَل لَّنَا إِلَٰهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ
[Al-A'raf 7:138]
You will surely follow the ways of those before you, heel in the heel, so much so that if they entered into the hole of a scorpion, you would enter it too. So seeking blessing from stones or trees or buildings or windows, whether it is the chamber of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or any other, is not permissible, and it is shirk. So let the Muslim fear Allah. Blessing is only sought from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and by following His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), obeying him, and carrying out his commands. This is what brings blessing. As for rubbing oneself against inanimate objects and created things, that does not benefit anything.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز التمسح بشباك الحجرة النبوية؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com

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