The ruling on rubbing against the Ka'bah, its covering, and other such matters

Question:
In the last of his questions, he says: Your Eminence, the Shaykh! What is the ruling on rubbing against the walls of the Ka'bah, its covering, the Maqam, and the Stone?

Answer:
It is a bid'ah (religious innovation); its ruling is that it is a bid'ah, and it is not permissible. This is because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do that. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And he said: If one intends to rub against the wall or the covering to obtain blessing from the covering itself or from the wall, that is major shirk (associating partners with Allah). However, if he thinks that it is blessed and that Allah has legislated this, and that it is prescribed to kiss this wall or this covering, then this is a bid'ah; it becomes a bid'ah. But the act of seeking blessing is major shirk. We ask Allah for safety. Yes.
Only kissing the Black Stone is prescribed. One kisses the Stone, touches it, and kisses it. This is a sunnah (recommended practice) performed by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Likewise, the Yemeni Corner is touched with the hand, and one says: "In the name of Allah, and Allah is the Greatest," but it is not kissed. When 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) kissed the Stone he said: "I know that you are a stone that neither harms nor benefits, and were it not that I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kissing you, I would not have kissed you."
So we kiss it following the example of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and we do not seek blessing from the Stone. We do so only following the example of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), emulating him, and acting according to his sunnah (recommended practice). This is based on his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): and his saying: So we pray as he prayed, and we perform Hajj (the major pilgrimage) as he performed it (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him), and we do not rub against the Maqam of Ibrahim, nor the walls, nor the windows, nor the covering. All of this has no basis; it is from the bid'ah (religious innovations).
As for the Multazam, standing in the Multazam is an act of worship... on his face, and intending this Multazam between the Corner and the door is worship of Allah. It is not a request from the Ka'bah, nor seeking blessing from it, but rather submission to Allah at the door. Likewise, inside the Ka'bah, if one circumambulates its sides, says takbir (saying Allahu akbar) at its sides, or clings to it, placing his chest against it, and his hands, and supplicates as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did, all of this is permissible. This is from the category of worship and drawing near to Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.