The Ruling on Rubbing the Ka'bah and the Black Stone, and Supplicating for Death

Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on rubbing the Ka'bah and the Black Stone, weeping at them, and supplicating for one's own death to become a martyr? It is said that rubbing the Ka'bah is a cure; is this correct?

Answer:
What is prescribed regarding the Sacred Ka'bah is to pray facing it in your prayer and in your supplication, and what is prescribed is to perform tawaf (circumambulation) around it. This is what is prescribed. As for rubbing it and clinging to its curtains, there is no evidence for this, and a Muslim should not do anything for which there is no evidence from the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah.
What is prescribed is to touch the Yemeni Corner, to wipe the Yemeni Corner, and to touch the Black Stone and kiss it, or to point to it from a distance. This is what is prescribed.
As for clinging to the Ka'bah and seeking blessing from the Ka'bah, and so on, this is not prescribed. This is not prescribed, and there is no evidence for it.