Some people say that when making dua after salaah and wiping your face with your hands is bidah and say there is no evidence for this. Please explain this showing the evidence.

Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said, 'Dua after Fardh Salaat is accepted. Congregational Dua is also proven from the Shariáh. In view of the above, congregational Dua after Fardh Salaat is permissible. However, it is not compulsory i.e. it cannot be imposed. Neither can one condemn an individual if he did not participate in the congregational Du'a. Du'a can be made audibly and/or softly.

To pass the hands over the face after Du'aa is mentioned in authentic Ahaadith. (Tirmidhi vol.2)

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
FATWA DEPT.