8/23. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1492 — Wiping Face After Dua
Regarding Supplication (Ad-Du'a)
Hadith About Raising Hands and Wiping the Face After Dua
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1492
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1492
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ هَاشِمِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا دَعَا فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَسَحَ وَجْهَهُ بِيَدَيْهِ .
Yazid ibn Sa'id al-Kindi Narrated from:
When the Prophet (ﷺ) made supplication (to Allah) he would raise his hands and wipe his face with his hands.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1492In-book reference : Book 8, Hadith 77English translation : Book 8, Hadith 1487
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1492
This narration from Yazid ibn Sa'id al-Kindi says that when the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) made supplication, he would raise his hands and wipe his face with his hands. The hadith focuses on two actions: raising the hands during dua and wiping the face afterward. The text does not give extra conditions or a specific dua to say. So the explanation should stay simple and close to the wording. It is commonly searched by people looking for wiping face after dua, raising hands in dua, and Sunan Abu Dawud 1492. Since another narration in this batch includes Abu Dawud’s note about weakness for a related report, readers should avoid building more than what this text directly says.
What we learn from this hadith
- The narration mentions raising the hands when making dua.
- It also mentions wiping the face with the hands after supplication.
- The hadith does not mention a specific wording of dua.
- The explanation should stay close to the reported action.
