The ruling on wiping the face after supplication
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Question:
You are asking Your Eminence about the ruling on wiping the face after supplication?
Answer:
Leaving it is better; because the hadiths are weak. All the hadiths regarding wiping the face with the hands after supplication are weak. Some scholars recommended doing it and said: It is a good deed in the category of hasan li-ghayrihi (good due to corroboration); because they strengthen one another, as al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned at the end of the book al-Bulugh in the chapter on dhikr and du'a'. So the point is that the stronger view is that it is not prescribed to wipe the face with the hands after supplication; because the authentic hadiths do not contain him (peace and blessings be upon him) wiping his face with his hand. He (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered the sermon to the people in the prayer for rain and supplicated while the people were watching, and he raised his hands (peace and blessings be upon him) and did not wipe his face with them after finishing the supplication for rain. And so it is in the many authentic hadiths in which he raised his hands, he did not wipe his face with them.
But there are other hadiths containing weakness in which wiping is mentioned, so leaving it is preferable. And whoever wipes, there is no blame on him; because some scholars said it, and because weak hadiths were reported regarding it; but a group of scholars mentioned that they strengthen one another and it becomes of the category of hasan li-ghayrihi. So the matter is broad, if Allah wills, except that leaving it is better; because the authentic hadiths do not contain anything of that. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
You are asking Your Eminence about the ruling on wiping the face after supplication?
Answer:
Leaving it is better; because the hadiths are weak. All the hadiths regarding wiping the face with the hands after supplication are weak. Some scholars recommended doing it and said: It is a good deed in the category of hasan li-ghayrihi (good due to corroboration); because they strengthen one another, as al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned at the end of the book al-Bulugh in the chapter on dhikr and du'a'. So the point is that the stronger view is that it is not prescribed to wipe the face with the hands after supplication; because the authentic hadiths do not contain him (peace and blessings be upon him) wiping his face with his hand. He (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered the sermon to the people in the prayer for rain and supplicated while the people were watching, and he raised his hands (peace and blessings be upon him) and did not wipe his face with them after finishing the supplication for rain. And so it is in the many authentic hadiths in which he raised his hands, he did not wipe his face with them.
But there are other hadiths containing weakness in which wiping is mentioned, so leaving it is preferable. And whoever wipes, there is no blame on him; because some scholars said it, and because weak hadiths were reported regarding it; but a group of scholars mentioned that they strengthen one another and it becomes of the category of hasan li-ghayrihi. So the matter is broad, if Allah wills, except that leaving it is better; because the authentic hadiths do not contain anything of that. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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