The ruling regarding touching the mihraab and the minbar of the Prophet’s masjid
Question: What is the ruling regarding touching the mihraab and the minbar of the al-Masjid an-Nabawee?
Response: Some of the vistors touch the mihraab and the minbar and the walls of the al-Masjid an-Nabawee and all of this is an innovation.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen
al-Bid’u wal-Muhdathaat wa maa laa asla lahu – Page 403 fatwaonline.com