The ruling on seeking blessing from the stones of the Ka'bah and its covering

Question:
And we ask his permission to pose a portion of the many questions. This questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, what is the ruling on one who seeks blessing from the stones of the Ka'bah?

Answer:
It is not permissible to seek blessing from the stones of the Ka'bah, nor from its walls, nor from the covering. Nothing has come from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), nor from any other of the Companions. This is not permissible; it is for the ignorant to know. Allah has only prescribed kissing the Black Stone and touching it with the hand, and touching the Yemeni Corner with the hand. This is how the Sunnah came. When 'Umar kissed the stone, he said:
And likewise placing the hands between the Multazam and the chest and making du'a' (supplication), because this is prescribed. They are the ones who asked to leave the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but this is a prescribed act of worship that the Salaf (the earliest generations) did. And likewise what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did inside the Ka'bah when he placed his chest and his hands to seek blessing from Allah, to supplicate to Him, and to turn to Him (Exalted and Majestic is He), not from the Ka'bah, nor from the cloth, nor from the stone. So blessing is sought from Allah in His Ancient House and elsewhere, in the Ancient House, in the tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah), in the sa'y (walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah), and in every place. You ask your Lord; Allah the Exalted says: , and He (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: . So you ask your Lord and seek it from Him (Exalted and Majestic is He). You seek from Him blessing, you seek from Him good, and so on. A person may have Allah place blessing in his deeds, as Asid ibn Hudhayr said to 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her): "It is not the first blessing for the family of Bakr." That is, he may be a cause for good; he may be a cause for something, interceding for you in a matter, being a cause for it; he may give you a gift, being a cause for it; he may help you, being blessed by this thing through which he benefited you by his calling to Allah, his teaching, and his guidance. So it is Allah who guided him to this thing and made him blessed, as He said regarding 'Isa (Jesus): "And made me blessed." One does not seek blessing from the house, nor from the covering, nor from anything else. Blessing is sought from Allah. So when you supplicate to Allah in your standing, or in your sa'y, or inside the Ka'bah, you seek from Allah. And likewise when you make the Multazam from the inside, or kiss the stone, or touch the Yemeni Corner, from whom do you seek blessing? From Allah. You seek from Him favor, blessing, good, and reward (Exalted and Majestic is He). Yes.