What is the ruling on rubbing the eyes when hearing the adhan say: "I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," and likewise after the end of the prayer?
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The questioner : Many people, after performing the prayer, spit into their hand and rub their eyes, and some of them, when they hear the mu'adhdhin say "I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," rub their eyes?
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: He kisses it and rubs his eyes?
The Shaykh : This one says that after the taslim he rubs his eyes.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : He spits and rubs. As for when he says "I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," he treats his eye with his finger, then kisses his finger, is that right? I do not know what the basis for this is, and it is a religious innovation. Do they intend by saying "I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah" that Muhammad is the love of my eye? Yes, so I point to my eye and kiss my hand. If they intend that, it appears from them that they love the Messenger more than they love Allah, and this is serious. The love of Allah is greater than the love of the Messenger, and the exaltation of Allah is greater than the exaltation of the Messenger. Indeed, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade his ummah from exaggerating in his regard and said:Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah 329Sahih (Zubair `Aliza'i) And if Muhammad were not the Messenger of Allah, it would not be obligatory for us to exalt him with this exaltation. He (peace and blessings be upon him) did not deserve it except where Allah the Exalted made him a Messenger. By being a Messenger, he deserved to be exalted with this exaltation. The exaltation of the Messenger is part of the exaltation of Allah, but the exaltation of Allah is not part of the exaltation of the Messenger. The exaltation of the Messenger is from the exaltation of Allah, and the one more deserving of exaltation is the one whom Allah has mentioned, and whom no one shares with Him (Mighty and Majestic) in His right of exaltation. Until a man said to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), "What Allah wills and what you will," and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 783 So it is obligatory for you, my Muslim brother, to know the matters and to place matters in their proper stations, and that the Lord (Mighty and Majestic) is the one deserving of exaltation, and there is no exaltation like His. As for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he has the exaltation that befits him (peace and blessings be upon him), but his exaltation is not greater than the exaltation of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
The Shaykh : Huh?
The student: He kisses it and rubs his eyes?
The Shaykh : This one says that after the taslim he rubs his eyes.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : He spits and rubs. As for when he says "I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," he treats his eye with his finger, then kisses his finger, is that right? I do not know what the basis for this is, and it is a religious innovation. Do they intend by saying "I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah" that Muhammad is the love of my eye? Yes, so I point to my eye and kiss my hand. If they intend that, it appears from them that they love the Messenger more than they love Allah, and this is serious. The love of Allah is greater than the love of the Messenger, and the exaltation of Allah is greater than the exaltation of the Messenger. Indeed, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade his ummah from exaggerating in his regard and said: