Answered by Shaykh Abu Usama & Faraz Rabbani
> 2.) some people when they finish making the dua after
> the prayer wipe their face after they have made the
> dua. Is that a bida; is there any contextual evidence
> from the sunna for it's permissibility. sorry if that
> sounds too salafi like!
al-Salam alaykum
No, this is not a bid`ah; rather, it is an established sunna and recommended to wipe one’s face after supplicating. It is reported in authentic hadiths, such as the one Imam Tirmidhi reports, that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) use to wipe his hands over his face after completing the du`a.
This is mentioned as being recommended by:
Shafi`i:
Imam Nawawi (Adhkar, Majmu` 4.451), and others
Hanafi:
(Al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya 3.19)
Imam Shurunbulali (Shurunbulaliyya)
Imam Haskafi (Durr al-Mukhtar)
Imam Ibn Abidin (Radd al-Muhtar)
Abu Usamah & Faraz Rabbani
