The ruling on wiping the face with the two hands after finishing supplication
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you and make your knowledge beneficial. In his other question, he asks: Is it permissible for the one who is praying to wipe his face with his two hands after finishing the supplication of qunut when he prays witr, or is that not permissible? And what is the correct position in this matter?
The Shaykh:
The matter is broad in this regard, and praise be to Allah. If he wipes his face after the supplication, there are reports (ahadith) regarding this, but they are not strong. If he leaves off the wiping, there is no blame on him, because the wiping is not obligatory. In fact, some scholars hold that it is not a recommended practice (sunnah), because they say the reports regarding it are not suitable for use as evidence. Some of them say that because the reports are numerous, they support one another and indicate that it is a recommended practice. In any case, there is scholarly disagreement in this matter. One does not deny the one who leaves off wiping his face after the supplication, nor the one who does it. Yes.
The questioner:
Whatever the supplication is, whether it is qunut or otherwise.
The Shaykh:
Whenever he supplicates, whether in prayer in qunut, or supplicates outside of qunut, or after the prayer of a voluntary prayer. Yes.
May Allah reward you and make your knowledge beneficial. In his other question, he asks: Is it permissible for the one who is praying to wipe his face with his two hands after finishing the supplication of qunut when he prays witr, or is that not permissible? And what is the correct position in this matter?
The Shaykh:
The matter is broad in this regard, and praise be to Allah. If he wipes his face after the supplication, there are reports (ahadith) regarding this, but they are not strong. If he leaves off the wiping, there is no blame on him, because the wiping is not obligatory. In fact, some scholars hold that it is not a recommended practice (sunnah), because they say the reports regarding it are not suitable for use as evidence. Some of them say that because the reports are numerous, they support one another and indicate that it is a recommended practice. In any case, there is scholarly disagreement in this matter. One does not deny the one who leaves off wiping his face after the supplication, nor the one who does it. Yes.
The questioner:
Whatever the supplication is, whether it is qunut or otherwise.
The Shaykh:
Whenever he supplicates, whether in prayer in qunut, or supplicates outside of qunut, or after the prayer of a voluntary prayer. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5263- حكم مسح الوجه بالكفين بعد الفراغ من الدعاء - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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