Is it to be disapproved of if we see someone doing what Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) did, placing his hand on the seat of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?

Question:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if we see someone doing what Ibn 'Umar did, placing his hand on the seat of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), or identifying it as Ibn 'Abbas identified it, is it to be disapproved of and is it said that his action is a bid'ah (religious innovation)?

Answer:
The seat of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) does not remain now; the pulpit burned down, and there is no pulpit of the Messenger; what exists now are pulpits erected on the site of the pulpit of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and his seat has vanished. Even if it had remained, it is not prescribed to rub against it or place one's hand on it. Rather, this was an ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) of Ibn 'Umar and his eagerness to follow the example, and the senior Companions did not agree with him on this. As for identifying it, I do not see that it is practiced, because only some of the Companions did it, while the majority and the great majority of the senior Companions did not do this. Yes.