The ruling on raising the hands in supplication and wiping the face afterwards

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. A message was sent from Algeria by the listener Ali al-Sayyid. He says: I am a young man at the beginning of my life, and I ask a collection of questions. First, what is the ruling on wiping the hand over the face after supplication? We hear some people say that this is a religious innovation (bid'ah), and others say it is from the Sunnah. Then I ask: what is the ruling on raising the hands in supplication after the adhan? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Wiping the face with the hands after supplication: there are some reports regarding this that are not strong in their chains of narration. However, some scholars hold that taken together, they are sufficient to argue for the prescription of wiping the face with the hands after supplication. Other scholars hold that they are not sufficient to argue for it, so it is not prescribed to wipe the face with the hands. In any case, the matter is broad in this regard, and praise be to Allah. If he wipes his face with his hands after supplication, there is nothing wrong with it. If he leaves it, there is no blame on him.
As for the issue of raising the hands after the adhan, this is not prescribed; because it was not reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Rather, it was reported that the one who hears the adhan follows the mu'adhdhin and says what he says, except for the two phrases "Hay 'ala al-salah" and "Hay 'ala al-falah," for which he says "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah." Then, when the mu'adhdhin finishes, he says: "O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and the established prayer, grant Muhammad the intercession and the virtue, and raise him to the praised station which You have promised him." This is what is prescribed, without raising the hands.