Drying the limbs after doing wudoo’

Question Is it permissible to dry oneself with a towel or handkerchief after doing wudoo’?. Praise be to Allah. It is permissible, after doing wudoo’, to dry the parts of the body washed in wudoo’, because the basic principle is that this action is permissible. Ibn Qudaamah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in…

Question

Is it permissible to dry oneself with a towel or handkerchief after doing wudoo’?.

Praise be to Allah.

It is permissible, after
doing wudoo’, to dry the parts of the body washed in wudoo’, because the
basic principle is that this action is permissible.

Ibn Qudaamah (may Allaah
have mercy on him) said in al-Mughni (1/195): There is nothing wrong
with drying the limbs with a towel after getting them wet during ghusl and
wudoo’. This is what was narrated from Imam Ahmad. It was also narrated that
‘Uthmaan, al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali, Anas and many other scholars used a towel after
doing wudoo’, and this is the more correct opinion, because the basic
principle is that it is permissible. End quote.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may
Allaah have mercy on him) was asked about the ruling on drying the parts of
the body that are washed in wudoo’

He replied: There is
nothing wrong with drying them, because the basic principle is that it is
not disallowed. The basic principle concerning anything other than acts of
worship, such as contracts and actions, is that it is permissible and
allowed, unless there is evidence that it is not allowed.

If someone were to say: How
would you respond to the hadeeth of Maymoonah (may Allaah be pleased with
her), where she says: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) did ghusl, and I brought the towel to him but he refused it and
started to wipe the water with his hand?

The answer is that this
action on the part of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) was a specific case which may be interpreted in several ways:
either it was for a reason to do with the towel, or because it was not
clean, or he did not want to wet it with the water because doing so was not
appropriate. There are several possibilities, but the fact that she brought
the towel to him indicates that it was his habit to dry himself, otherwise
she would not have brought it to him. End quote.

Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn
‘Uthaymeen (11/93).

And Allaah knows best.

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