Is it recommended to raise the hands in supplication and wipe them afterwards?
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The Shaykh : He says: Is it recommended to raise the hands, and is it recommended to wipe them in supplication? Is it recommended to raise the hands, and is it recommended to wipe them afterwards?
And if the imam who is making the supplication is not known to you, in any case, one question is sufficient.
First: Raising the hands in supplication falls into three categories:
First: What the evidence indicates regarding raising them.
Second: What the evidence indicates regarding not raising them.
Third: What the evidence does not indicate regarding either raising them or not raising them.
An example of the first, where the evidence indicates raising them, is raising the hands in the prayer for rain, whether in the sermon for the prayer for rain or in the Friday sermon. It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he used to raise his hands when he supplicated for rain, in the Friday sermon and in the sermon for the prayer for rain. Raising the hands on al-Safa and al-Marwah, raising the hands at 'Arafah, and there are many other examples.
An example of what the evidence indicates regarding not raising them is the supplication of the preacher on Friday other than for rain. It is prohibited to raise the hands, because the Companions disapproved of Bishr ibn Marwan when he raised his hands in the Friday sermon. He only gestures during the supplication, gesturing with his finger.
The third is what the evidence does not indicate regarding raising or not raising: The original ruling is that raising is recommended. This is the original ruling, because among the etiquettes of supplication is raising the hands. This is regarding the raising.
As for wiping them or wiping the face with them, weak hadiths have been narrated regarding this. Ibn Hajar considered them in *Bulugh al-Maram* to reach the level of a good hadith due to other supporting evidence. However, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: "They do not compensate for one another", and he explicitly stated that wiping the face with the hands after supplication is a religious innovation. He said: The hadiths are extremely weak and do not compensate for one another. Based on this, leaving off the wiping is better. If one wipes, he is not censured, based on what Ibn Hajar said in *Bulugh al-Maram* that the sum of the hadiths narrated regarding this indicates that the hadith is good, meaning: good due to other supporting evidence. And Allah knows best.
And if the imam who is making the supplication is not known to you, in any case, one question is sufficient.
First: Raising the hands in supplication falls into three categories:
First: What the evidence indicates regarding raising them.
Second: What the evidence indicates regarding not raising them.
Third: What the evidence does not indicate regarding either raising them or not raising them.
An example of the first, where the evidence indicates raising them, is raising the hands in the prayer for rain, whether in the sermon for the prayer for rain or in the Friday sermon. It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he used to raise his hands when he supplicated for rain, in the Friday sermon and in the sermon for the prayer for rain. Raising the hands on al-Safa and al-Marwah, raising the hands at 'Arafah, and there are many other examples.
An example of what the evidence indicates regarding not raising them is the supplication of the preacher on Friday other than for rain. It is prohibited to raise the hands, because the Companions disapproved of Bishr ibn Marwan when he raised his hands in the Friday sermon. He only gestures during the supplication, gesturing with his finger.
The third is what the evidence does not indicate regarding raising or not raising: The original ruling is that raising is recommended. This is the original ruling, because among the etiquettes of supplication is raising the hands. This is regarding the raising.
As for wiping them or wiping the face with them, weak hadiths have been narrated regarding this. Ibn Hajar considered them in *Bulugh al-Maram* to reach the level of a good hadith due to other supporting evidence. However, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: "They do not compensate for one another", and he explicitly stated that wiping the face with the hands after supplication is a religious innovation. He said: The hadiths are extremely weak and do not compensate for one another. Based on this, leaving off the wiping is better. If one wipes, he is not censured, based on what Ibn Hajar said in *Bulugh al-Maram* that the sum of the hadiths narrated regarding this indicates that the hadith is good, meaning: good due to other supporting evidence. And Allah knows best.