The ruling on raising the hands after the obligatory prayer and wiping the face
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Question:
The questioner says: I have heard a fatwa from you that raising the hands for supplication after the obligatory prayer, and wiping the face with them, is a religious innovation (bid'ah) with no basis. But what do you say about what al-Hafiz Ibn al-Sunni reported through his chain that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made supplication after the obligatory prayer and raised his hands in doing so, but there is a weak man in its chain whose name does not come to mind? Also, what al-Hafiz Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah reported in his Musannaf, he says:
Answer:
It is not permissible. Turning the hands after the obligatory prayer: when one says the closing salam, he raises his hands. The follower, or the imam, or all of them raise their hands after the obligatory prayer. This has no relation to a religious innovation (bid'ah), and there was no report from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), nor from the Companions. As for making supplication between himself and himself, after the dhikr, making supplication between himself and himself, there is nothing wrong with that; he makes supplication. But as for raising his hands after the obligatory prayer when he says the salam, this has no relation [to the practice]. And as for wiping the face, the matter is that it is better to leave it. If he makes his supplications at night or during the day, and he wipes his face, there is no harm, but leaving it is better; because the authentic hadiths do not include wiping the face. It only came in hadiths that have weakness. If he does it sometimes, there is nothing wrong with it, and if he leaves it, that is better.
The questioner says: I have heard a fatwa from you that raising the hands for supplication after the obligatory prayer, and wiping the face with them, is a religious innovation (bid'ah) with no basis. But what do you say about what al-Hafiz Ibn al-Sunni reported through his chain that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made supplication after the obligatory prayer and raised his hands in doing so, but there is a weak man in its chain whose name does not come to mind? Also, what al-Hafiz Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah reported in his Musannaf, he says:
Answer:
It is not permissible. Turning the hands after the obligatory prayer: when one says the closing salam, he raises his hands. The follower, or the imam, or all of them raise their hands after the obligatory prayer. This has no relation to a religious innovation (bid'ah), and there was no report from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), nor from the Companions. As for making supplication between himself and himself, after the dhikr, making supplication between himself and himself, there is nothing wrong with that; he makes supplication. But as for raising his hands after the obligatory prayer when he says the salam, this has no relation [to the practice]. And as for wiping the face, the matter is that it is better to leave it. If he makes his supplications at night or during the day, and he wipes his face, there is no harm, but leaving it is better; because the authentic hadiths do not include wiping the face. It only came in hadiths that have weakness. If he does it sometimes, there is nothing wrong with it, and if he leaves it, that is better.
Source
فتاوى الحج - 1405 هـ — archive.org (1:56:29)
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