Albani Prophet 39;s Prayer Described

[Inell Krolick]

assalamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah, in reply to the question:>regarding raising

>the hands for dua, and wiping the face afterwards? Is it allowed,

>commendable, and sunnah? I think al-Albani declares the hadith to be be

>weak to wipe the face after dua. If not al-Albani, another Salafiyy

>scholar said this.

al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar in Bulugh al-maram (#1343) after citing the different

da`if narrations regarding this, says: wa majmu`uha yaqtadi annahu hasan.

"From their collated weight it is concluded that the hadith is hasan."

This explains why it is considered Sunna, as found in many of the books

of fiqh, and Allah knows best.Blessings and peace on the Prophet, his Family, and his Companions.

Fouad Haddad

fha...@sunnah.org

"The Prophet's Prayer Described" lists 3 ahadith and all three are

classified as being weak (daeef) - concerning wiping the face after making

dua."The view that wiping the face after dua is not prescribed is strengthened

by the fact that there are many authentic ahadith about raising the hands

in supplication, and in none of them is there a mention of wiping the

face; this shows, Allah Willing, that it is unacceptable and not

prescribed." (p. 113)

[rest deleted]al-hamdu lillah, I have quoted the verdict of al-hafiz Ibn Hajar Asqalani

from Bulugh al-maram, and GardenRue has quoted the contrary verdict of

Shaykh Nassir al-Din al-Albani from the book "The Prophet's prayer described."Those who have some idea about the status of each of these scholars in Islam,

should have no difficulty deciding who is probably more correct insha Allah,

bearing in mind that each has examined exactly the same evidence and

that the fact that one comes chronologically long after the other neither adds

nor retrieves anything from their respective judgments.Those who do not know who these scholars are, can take their clue from the

fact that the overwhelming majority of Muslims and Muslim scholars the world

over raise their hands in du`a and then wipe their faces, and have done so

for centuries, and the Prophet said: "My Community shall not agree upon

error." Wallahu al-musta`an.Fouad Haddad

fha...@sunnah.org

>"status" accoring to who?The status of Shaykh al-Islam Hafiz Ibn Hajar is without contest that of a

giant in the field of hadith and fiqh according to the scholars that came

after him until our time, regardless of their school. You cannot do without

Fath al-Bari if you study anything about hadith, or about Sahih al-Bukhari.

That is not true. Whatever they say which is more correct by the standards of

Ahl al-Sunna, I agree with it. Ibn Taymiyya said that there may well be reward

in celebrating Mawlid and I agree with him completely. He also wrote that the

path of tasawwuf is founded on love and I agree with him on this also; and

on many other matters. Similarly Albani wrote that it is an innovation to pray

with nothing on one's head and I agree with him completely. It is short-

sighted in the extreme to say that I disregard anyone who disagrees with

me, in fact I may know of and agree with their positions more than those who

follow them blindly, but I only mention what is relevant to particular issues.

The Prophet said: "Stick to the greater mass of the Muslims" (al-sawad

al-a`zam), because there is protection from misguidance in that. The truth is

that in our time those who purportedly fight bid`a are the biggest and most

arrogant innovators yet. It is they who are first to reject the true Sunna and

reject those who uphold it.

This is definitely bid`a, as Imam Bukhari said when someone tried to test

his orthodoxy. Ibn al-Subki relates it with his isnad in Tabaqat al-Shafi`iyya.As for beads then they are Sunna as stated by Imam Suyuti, and Imam Shawkani

said that their exact description is immaterial in determining resemblance

or difference with what the Companions used, since the quality of the act

itself is what is established as lawful, namely: the fact of counting dhikr on

beads. This is undoubtedly more intelligent than Albani's position on the

issue. Allah knows best.

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