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f:674 - Wiping hands before and after eating	Country : Hyderabad, India, Name : Shaykh Abid Ali

Question: I have heard a certain person say in a function that before eating and after eating we should not wipe hands after washing. ............................................................................
Answer: It is a Sunnah to wash hands before and after eating. The medical point of view here is that washing before eating removes the dirt, germs, etc. from the hand and if the hand is wiped with a towel, cloth, etc., then the germs present on the towel are transferred to the hand and the very point of washing is lost. On the contrary, after eating, hands should be washed and wiped on the cloth, so that all the traces of food are wiped away. As given in Durre Mukhtaar, Vol. 5, Pg. No. 239. And Allah Most High knows best. Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Qadri [Professor of Islamic Law, Jamia Nizamia, Founder-Director, Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center]