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    Question ID: 20840Country: India

    Title: is it sunnat or biddat to kiss hands and put them on eyes,when we listen to ADHAN ie..(ASH HADUANNA MUHAMMADAR RASOOLULLAH)?

    Question: AS SALAAMU ALAIKUM is it sunnat or biddat to kiss hands and put them on eyes,when we listen to ADHAN ie..(ASH HADUANNA MUHAMMADAR RASOOLULLAH)?

    Answer ID: 20840

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 516/439/B=1431)

     

    No, it is not sunnah. Such action is not narrated by the holy Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) from any Sahih hadith. Hafiz ibn Hajar Asqalani (رحمة الله عليه) the commentator of Bukhari, has termed it innovation.

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India