1 مرازم قال: رَأَيْتُ أَباالحسن إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ قَبْلَ الطَّعَامِ لَمْ يَمَسَّ الْمِنْدِيلَ وَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ بَعْدَ الطَّعَامِ مَسَّ الْمِنْدِيل

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 6

Marazim said: I saw Imam Kadhim (peace be upon him) when he washed his hands before eating, he would not dry them with a towel, and when he washed his hands after eating, he would dry them with a towel!

2 قال أبو عبداللَّه إِذَا غَسَلْتَ يَدَكَ لِلطَّعَامِ فَلَا تَمْسَحْ يَدَكَ بِالْمِنْدِيلِ فإنه لا تَزَالُ الْبَرَكَةُ في الطَّعَامِ ما دَامَتِ النَّدَاوَةُ في الْيَد

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 6

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'When you wash your hands for eating, do not wipe a towel on your hand (do not dry your hand), for as long as there is moisture in the hand, there will always be blessings in the food!'

3 مفضل قال: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أبي عبداللَّه و شَكَوْتُ إليه الرَّمَدَ فقال لي أَ وَ تُرِيدُ الطَّرِيفَ ثُمَّ قال لِي إِذَا غَسَلْتَ يَدَكَ بَعْدَ الطَّعَام فَامْسَحْ حَاجِبَيْكَ و قُلْ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ الْحَمْدُلِلَّهِ الْمُحْسِنِ الْمُجْمِلِ الْمُنْعِمِ الْمُفْضِلِ قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ فَمَا رَمِدَتْ عَيْنِي بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَ أَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 6

Mufaddal said: I entered upon Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) and complained to him about an eye ailment; so the Imam said to me: 'Do you want something new and amazing?!' Then he said to me: 'When you have washed your hands after eating, wipe them on your eyebrows and say three times:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْمُحْسِنِ الْمُجْمِلِ الْمُنْعِمِ الْمُفْضِلِ

Mufaddal said: 'I did this, and after that, thanks to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, my eye did not hurt!''

4 عن أبي جعفرالثَّاني أَنَّهُ يَوْمَ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَة تَغَدَّى مَعَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ فَلَمَّا غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ الْغَمَر مَسَحَ بِهِمَا رَأْسَهُ وَ وَجْهَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمْسَحَهُمَا بِالْمِنْدِيل و قال اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ لَا يَرْهَقُ وَجْهَهُ قَتَرٌ و لَا ذِلَّةٌ

📚 Al-Mahasin, p. 426

A person said: On the day Imam Jawad (peace be upon him) came to Medina, a group ate breakfast with him. So when he washed his hands from the grease, he wiped them on his head and face before drying them with a towel and said:

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ لَا يَرْهَقُ وَجْهَهُ قَتَرٌ وَ لَا ذِلَّةٌ

✅ So when washing hands before eating, we do not dry them, and after eating, after wiping the eyebrows and head and face and reciting the narrated supplications, we dry them.

As for the order of washing hands in a group, which was done with a basin and a ewer, please pay attention to the following narrations:

5 عن أبي عبداللَّه قال: الْوُضُوءُ قَبْلَ الطَّعَامِ يَبْدَأُ صَاحِبُ الْبَيْتِ لِئَلَّا يَحْتَشِمَ أَحَدٌ فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ بَدَأَ بِمَنْ عَلَى يَمِين الْبَاب حُرّاً كَانَ أَوْ عَبْداً

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 6

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): 'For washing hands before food, the owner of the food should wash his hand first so that no one feels embarrassed, but when they are finished with the food, it begins with the one sitting on the right side of the door, whether free or a slave!'

6️⃣ Barqi narrated the above hadith, except that for the end of the meal, he brought:

فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ بَدَأَ بِمَنْ عَلَى يَسَارِ صَاحِبِ الْمَنْزِل و يَكُونُ آخِرَ مَنْ يَغْسِلُ يَدَهُ صَاحِبُ الْمَنْزِل لِأَنَّهُ أَوْلَى بِالصَّبْرِ عَلَى الْغَمَرِ و يَتَمَنْدَلُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ إِنْ شَاءَ

Translation: 'So when he is finished with the food, (for washing hands) he should begin with the one sitting on the left side of the owner of the house, and the last one to wash his hands should be the owner of the house, for he is more deserving of patience with the grease, and at that time, if he wishes, he can dry his hand with a towel!'

📚 Al-Mahasin, p. 426

7 قال الكليني و في حديث آخَر يَغْسِلُ أَوَّلًا رَبُّ الْبَيْتِ يَدَهُ ثُمَّ يَبْدَأُ بِمَنْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ فَإِذَا رُفِعَ الطَّعَامُ بَدَأَ بِمَنْ عَلى يَسَار صاحبِ الْمَنْزِلِ و يَكُونُ آخِرَ مَنْ يَغْسِلُ يَدَهُ صاحبُ الْمَنْزل لِأَنَّهُ أَوْلَى بِالصَّبْرِ عَلَى الْغَمَر

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 291

Kulayni said: In another hadith, it is stated: '(Before eating) the first one who washes his hands should be the owner of the house, and then it begins with the one on his right. So when the food is removed, it begins with the one on the left of the owner of the house, and the last one to wash his hand is the owner of the house, for he is more deserving of patience with the grease!'

8️⃣ Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): 'The owner of the house is the first of all to wash his hands before food and the last of all after food!'

📚 Qurb al-Isnad, p. 34

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