The correct view is that one does not rub the pulpit or anything found on the ground, except for the Black Stone and the Yemeni Corner.

The Shaykh : This is, in fact, a form of laxity. The correct view is that one does not rub the dome or the pulpit, and that there is nothing in this world for which one worships Allah the Exalted by rubbing it, except for the two Yemeni corners: the Black Stone and the Yemeni Corner. Anything else is not to be rubbed, because these are matters of worship. If this had been a form of worship, it would have been transmitted to us by mass transmission, and everyone would have done it, just as the rubbing of the Black Stone and the Yemeni Corner was transmitted to us and everyone did it.
This is something that people often find surprising regarding Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him). Nevertheless, he did not rely on any clear evidence, but out of his love (may Allah have mercy on him) for the reports of the Salaf, he considered such things valid.
But the truth is more deserving of being followed. It is said: Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, 'Ali, and the leaders of the Companions did not rub the grave, nor did they rub the pulpit or the dome. Yes, perhaps some people have a strong emotion; they stand at the pulpit and, out of love, they touch it like this, for example, with their hand, or touch the dome or something similar, but this is not considered a form of worship. Yes.