The ruling on raising the hands after the obligatory prayer, spitting, and wiping with them

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: We observe some people, after performing the obligatory prayer and the remembrances, raising their hands for supplication, then spitting into them and wiping their heads, faces, and bodies with them. Should we disapprove of that or not? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Explain to him that this is not prescribed. Explain it to him without harshness and without violence. Explain to him that this is not prescribed in this context. The hands are not raised after the obligatory prayer; rather, this is done after the voluntary prayer. If he prays a voluntary prayer and supplicates, there is no harm in raising his hands. As for after the obligatory prayer, this was not reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); he supplicates without raising his hands. As for what was mentioned about spitting into his hands and wiping his head and body with them, this was also not reported in this context. Rather, this was reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at the time of sleep. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) wanted to sleep, he would spit into his palms, recite al-Fatihah, Surat al-Ikhlas, and the two chapters of protection (al-Mu'awwidhat), and wipe his head and the front of his body with them (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.