Is it recommended to wipe the face with the hands after supplication, or is this a religious innovation?
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The questioner : Is it recommended to wipe the face with the hands after supplication, or is this a religious innovation?
The Shaykh : The scholars have differed on this. Some said: It is recommended that when one finishes supplication while his hands are raised, he should wipe his face with them. They cited a weak hadith as evidence, but Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "It has various chains that strengthen one another, and their totality indicates that it is a good hadith".
Some scholars said that one should not wipe his face with his hands, and the hadiths on this are weak, so wiping with the hands would be a religious innovation. This is the position of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him).
I see that one should not criticize the one who wipes, nor command the one who does not wipe to do so. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. This is a questioner from Syria. He says.
The Shaykh : The scholars have differed on this. Some said: It is recommended that when one finishes supplication while his hands are raised, he should wipe his face with them. They cited a weak hadith as evidence, but Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "It has various chains that strengthen one another, and their totality indicates that it is a good hadith".
Some scholars said that one should not wipe his face with his hands, and the hadiths on this are weak, so wiping with the hands would be a religious innovation. This is the position of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him).
I see that one should not criticize the one who wipes, nor command the one who does not wipe to do so. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. This is a questioner from Syria. He says.