Is wiping the face with the hands after supplication prescribed?
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The questioner:
Peace be upon you. May Allah keep you in good health, O Shaykh. I have three questions, O Shaykh. What is the ruling on wiping the face with the hands after supplication, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
The hadiths are weak according to a group of scholars, according to Ibn Hajar and the group. If one does it, there is no harm; if one leaves it, there is no harm. The authentic hadiths contain nothing of this.
The questioner:
Meaning, the hadith is not established in them, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
There are hadiths in which the group said they are hasan li ghayrihi (good for other reasons), like al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar in al-Mawquf and a group of others.
The questioner:
But which do you see is better, O Shaykh: leaving it or doing it, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
The matter is broad, if Allah wills.
Peace be upon you. May Allah keep you in good health, O Shaykh. I have three questions, O Shaykh. What is the ruling on wiping the face with the hands after supplication, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
The hadiths are weak according to a group of scholars, according to Ibn Hajar and the group. If one does it, there is no harm; if one leaves it, there is no harm. The authentic hadiths contain nothing of this.
The questioner:
Meaning, the hadith is not established in them, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
There are hadiths in which the group said they are hasan li ghayrihi (good for other reasons), like al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar in al-Mawquf and a group of others.
The questioner:
But which do you see is better, O Shaykh: leaving it or doing it, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
The matter is broad, if Allah wills.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، [15 /400] مسح الوجه باليدين بعد الدعاء هل هو مشروع؟ II الإمام ابن باز رحمه الله — youtube.com
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