Using a towel after ablution

Ibrahim said: Alqamah had a cloth with which he used to dry off the water.

Yazid Abu Abdullah said: Abdullah bin al-Harith had a handkerchief with which he used to dry off the water of ablution (wudu).

Sayyiduna Ya'la (may Allah be pleased with him) saw no harm in wiping the face with a handkerchief after ablution (wudu).

Hakim bin Jabir said: My father sent a slave woman of ours to Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). She saw that Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), after performing ablution (wudu), dried off the water with a cloth. This act of his seemed distasteful to that slave woman, and at night she saw in a dream that her liver was coming out of her mouth.

Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) performed ablution (wudu) and then dried his face with a handkerchief.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) took a ritual bath (ghusl) and then dried his body with a cloth.

Thabit bin Ubayd said: I saw Bishr bin Abi Sa'id wiping himself dry with a handkerchief.

Masruq had a cloth with which he used to dry off the water.

Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) and al-Hasan saw no harm in drying off the water with a handkerchief after ablution (wudu).

Ibn Sirin and al-Hasan saw no harm in drying off the water with a handkerchief after ablution (wudu).

Usayr bin al-Rabi' said: I saw my father and Abu al-Ahwas drying off the water with a handkerchief after ablution (wudu).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) used to wipe the water off his hands and face after ablution (wudu).

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: There is no harm in it.

Ibn Awn said: I asked al-Hasan about a man who wipes his face with a cloth after ablution (wudu). Al-Hasan said: If the cloth is clean, there is no harm in it.

Al-Dahhak was asked about using a handkerchief after ablution (wudu). He said: It cleans the face better.

Al-Sha'bi said: There is no harm in it.

Al-Hakam said that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) wiped his face with a cloth.

Al-Aswad used to dry his body with a towel.

Hisham said that al-Hasan and Muhammad saw no harm in it, and Ibn Sirin used to say: "Leaving it is dearer to me."

Al-Zuhri saw no harm in a man drying his face with a towel.

Bakr said: "Using a towel is most beneficial in winter."