Reference: Fataawa Arkaan al-Islaam p548
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen said:
Touching and seeking blessings from the cover of the Ka'bah (kiswah) is an innovation; that is because there is nothing [authentically] reported from the Prophet ﷺ about that.

Reference: Fataawa Arkaan al-Islaam p548
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen said:
Touching and seeking blessings from the cover of the Ka'bah (kiswah) is an innovation; that is because there is nothing [authentically] reported from the Prophet ﷺ about that.
Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004.