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Is Wiping One’s Face after Duʿāʾ an Innovation?

Shaykh Mūsá Richardson

A discussion on the ḥadīth concerning wiping one’s face after making duʿāʾ.

Some explanation mentioned from Imām Ibn Bāz and others concerning the acceptable narrations concerning wiping one’s hands over one’s face after making duʿāʾ.

[Excerpted from the lecture, ‘7 Condition of Lā Illāha Ill-Allāh’ by Mūsá Richardson (Summer07)]

Published: November 23, 2007
Edited: April 9, 2023

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