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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Does the one who prays wipe his forehead after finishing the prayer?

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The questioner : May Allah preserve you. For example, in our current discussion regarding a hadith, there is a hadith stating that if he prostrates and the marks of pebbles remain on his face, he may remove them if they bother him. This means we act according to the apparent meaning of the text, because the apparent meaning of the text is that the prohibition is absolute. So when does it...

The Shaykh : No, it is not a prohibition, may Allah bless you. It is not a prohibition.

The questioner : So, no. It is...

The Shaykh : ...that he does not wipe it, meaning the recommended practice (sunnah) is not to wipe, because if he wipes, he moves without need.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 972 - 4600 هل يمسح المصلي جبهته بعد الفراغ من الصلاة؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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