The Ruling on Clinging to the Curtains of the Ka'bah
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Question:
The questioner says: I saw some people, Honorable Shaykh, clinging to the curtains of the Ka'bah (may Allah honor it). Is this act prescribed?
Answer:
This is not prescribed. Clinging to the curtains of the Ka'bah or clinging to the door of the Ka'bah, all of this is among the excesses of the common people. What is prescribed is to face the Ka'bah in one's prayer and in one's supplication, and to perform tawaf (circumambulation) of the Ka'bah as a ritual act or as a voluntary act. There is no harm in standing in the Multazam between the Corner and the Door and supplicating to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) without clinging to the Ka'bah. Yes.
The questioner says: I saw some people, Honorable Shaykh, clinging to the curtains of the Ka'bah (may Allah honor it). Is this act prescribed?
Answer:
This is not prescribed. Clinging to the curtains of the Ka'bah or clinging to the door of the Ka'bah, all of this is among the excesses of the common people. What is prescribed is to face the Ka'bah in one's prayer and in one's supplication, and to perform tawaf (circumambulation) of the Ka'bah as a ritual act or as a voluntary act. There is no harm in standing in the Multazam between the Corner and the Door and supplicating to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) without clinging to the Ka'bah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6154- حكم التعلق بأستار الكعبة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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