What is the ruling on clinging to the curtains of the Ka'bah?

The questioner : May Allah reward you. We say: What is the ruling on clinging to the curtains of the Ka'bah?

The Shaykh : It is not prescribed. Clinging to the curtains of the Ka'bah is not prescribed, wiping the corners of the Ka'bah is not prescribed, except for two corners only: the Black Stone and the Yemeni Corner. However, the Black Stone is greater than the Yemeni Corner in that it is touched with the hand, meaning it is wiped with the right hand and kissed if possible. If it is not possible, then it is pointed to, and the hand is not kissed along with the pointing. As for the Yemeni Corner, it is only touched, wiped with the right hand, and not kissed. If touching it is difficult or troublesome, then it is not pointed to, but rather the person proceeds with his tawaf without pointing, because the Black Stone is greater than the Yemeni Corner. When Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) performed tawaf around the Ka'bah one day, and Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was with him, Mu'awiyah began touching all the corners.
The Black Stone, the second is the Yemeni Corner, the third is the Sham Corner, and the fourth is the Western Corner. Ibn Abbas asked him: "Why did you not wipe all the corners?" Mu'awiyah said: "There is no part of the House that is neglected." Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: , and I did not see the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) touch anything but the two Yemeni corners. So Mu'awiyah said: "You have spoken the truth," and he refrained from wiping the Sham and Western corners. Pay attention, and look, my brother, how the Salaf were cautious regarding bid'ah (religious innovation). This is a minor bid'ah, and yet Ibn Abbas said: . This is evidence that acts of worship must be established as prescribed. What we see now of the crowding around the covering of the Ka'bah, around the corners of the Ka'bah, and around entering the Hajar (the area near the Black Stone), and the like of that, the crowding that causes hardship, this is contrary to what is prescribed. Praying in the Hajar is undoubtedly a sunnah (recommended practice).
But it is not befitting for a person to crowd for it with this severe crowding. Al-Ittimad, al-Ittimad, which is for a person to stand in the Ittimad area, placing his chest against the wall of the Ka'bah, extending his hands and placing his cheek against the wall. The scholars differed on this, or some of them suspended judgment on whether it is a sunnah (recommended practice) or not. However, it is reported from some of the Companions that they did it between the Black Stone and the letter "ba" (the Yemeni Corner). As for al-Ittimad now, what Allah willed, the pilgrims or the 'umrah performers all perform ittimad, the entire Ka'bah is an ittimad area for them, all of it is an ittimad area for them. Yes.