Azami 2855

Bayhaqi (2/211) narrated it from Ali bin Saqr bin Nasr Sukkari in Baghdad, in Suwayqa Ghalib, from his book, he said, Affan bin Muslim told us, Sulayman bin Mughira told us, from Thabit, from Anas, and he related it. Nawawi said in Sharh Muhazzab (3/500), "Its chain is sahih or hasan." Bayhaqi said that a number of the companions raised their hands during qunut, and he said, from Abu Rafi, who said, I prayed behind Umar bin Khattab and he performed qunut after the ruku, raising his hands and reciting the supplication aloud. He said, and this from Umar is sahih.As for wiping the face with both hands after finishing the supplication, Nawawi said in Sharh Muhazzab (3/500), "If we say the hands are not to be raised, then wiping is not prescribed at all, without dispute. And if we say they are to be raised, there are two views. The more well known of the two is that it is recommended, and the second is that one should not wipe the face. This second view is the sahih one, and Bayhaqi declared it sahih. Bayhaqi said, I do not recall anything transmitted about wiping the face here from any of the early scholars, though something is reported from some of them regarding supplication outside of prayer. But within prayer, it is a practice for which no report, no transmitted precedent, and no analogy has been established. So it is better not to do it, and to confine oneself to what the early scholars transmitted from them, namely raising the hands, without wiping the face with them during prayer." Sunan al-Kubra (2/212).As for what has been reported from Ibn Abbas about a man wiping his face with his hands after finishing his supplication, it is daif. Ibn Majah (1181) narrated it from Abu Kurayb and Muhammad bin Sabbah, who both said, Aaidh bin Habib told us, from Salih bin Hassan Ansari, from Muhammad bin Kaab Qurazi, from Ibn Abbas, who said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you supplicate to Allah, supplicate with the palms of your hands, not with their backs, and when you finish, wipe your face with them."This chain is very daif. Salih bin Hassan is described as munkar al-hadith by Bukhari, and Nasai said, he is matruk al-hadith. Hakim narrated it in Al-Mustadrak (1/536) through this same route, using a phrasing that indicates weakness. Isa bin Maymun also related it in agreement, from Muhammad bin Kaab, with the wording, "When you ask Allah for something, ask him with the palms of your hands, then do not lower them until you have wiped your faces with them." In another version, "For Allah places blessing in them."As for this Isa bin Maymun, Ibn Hibban said of him, he narrates hadiths that are all fabricated. Nasai said, he is not reliable. Bukhari said, he has munkar reports from Muhammad bin Kaab. Ibn Main and Fallas also both declared him daif.Abu Dawud said, I heard Ahmad being asked about a man wiping his face with his hands when finishing Witr, and he said, I have not heard anything established about it. He also said, this Isa bin Maymun who narrated the hadith of Ibn Abbas is not among those whose hadith can be relied upon, and likewise Salih bin Hassan.Likewise, what is reported from Umar bin Khattab, that he said, when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hands in supplication, he would not lower them until he had wiped his face with them, is not sound. Tirmidhi narrated it in his Jami (3386), as did Abd bin Humayd (39), and Hakim in Al-Mustadrak (1/536), all of them through Hammad bin Isa Juhani, from Hanzala bin Abu Sufyan Jumahi, from Salim bin Abdullah, from his father, from Umar bin Khattab, and he related it.Tirmidhi said, "This is a gharib hadith, we do not know it except through the report of Hammad bin Isa, who transmitted it alone. He narrated few hadiths, though people did narrate from him. Hanzala bin Abu Sufyan is reliable, and Yahya bin Saeed Qattan confirmed his reliability."I say, Hammad bin Isa bin Ubayda Juhani is daif. Abu Dawud, Abu Hatim, Ibn Hibban and others all declared him daif. Abu Zura was asked about this hadith and said, "It is a munkar hadith, I fear it has no basis." Al-Ilal (2106).