The Ruling on Drying Oneself After Ablution
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is drying oneself after performing wudu' a deviation from the Sunnah?
Answer:
Drying oneself after wudu' is permissible, but leaving it is better, and doing it is permissible, yes. Because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), when he performed wudu' and one of his wives brought him a towel, he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned it away, which indicates that the best is that one does not wipe the thing so that the effect of the worship remains on it with him.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is drying oneself after performing wudu' a deviation from the Sunnah?
Answer:
Drying oneself after wudu' is permissible, but leaving it is better, and doing it is permissible, yes. Because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), when he performed wudu' and one of his wives brought him a towel, he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned it away, which indicates that the best is that one does not wipe the thing so that the effect of the worship remains on it with him.
Source
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