Dought & clear, - Du’aa’ during wudoo’by the status ofthe Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be uponhim)

I have a habit which I do not know if it is good or bad:
I ask Allah while washing my feet during wudu' by the Prophet's virtue
to keep my feet firm on the Siraat.
Also during the prayer I ask Allah by his Prophet's virtue to forgive
my sins and to have mercy on me. Is this du'a permissible or not?
I used to make du'a in this way believing that Allah will answer the
prayer of who asks him by His beloved Prophet's virtue, may peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him.
Praise be to Allaah.
Asking Allaah to make His slave's feet steadfast on the Straight Path
is a good du'aa' and there is nothing wrong with it. We ask Allaah to
make the feet of all of us steadfast.
But there are two mistakes in this du'aa':
1 – Always reciting it when washing your feet during wudoo':
You know that wudoo' is an act of worship and that the Muslim does not
have the right to change the way an act of worship is done or add to
it or take away from it; rather following the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) properly means doing what he did,
without adding or taking anything away.
Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said inMajmoo' al-Fataawa(22/510):
No one has the right to introduce to the people any kind of dhikr or
du'aa' apart from those that are narrated in the Sunnah, and make them
a regular act of worship that the people do all the time, as they do
the five daily prayers; rather this is innovation in the religion for
which Allaah has not given permission. End quote.
It was not the practice of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) to say du'aa' when washing the parts of the body that are
washed in wudoo'. There is a hadeeth concerning that, but it is not a
saheeh narration from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him).
Al-Haafiz ibn al-Salaah said:
There is no saheeh hadeeth concerning that. End quote. It was
mentioned thus by al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar inal-Talkhees al-Habeer(1/297).
Ibn al-Qayyim said inal-Manaar al-Muneef(45):
As for the mawdoo' (fabricated) hadeeth about dhikr when washing each
part of the body (in wudoo'), it is baatil (invalid). End quote.
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said of the du'aa's recited
when washing each part of the body (in wudoo'): The du'aa' for washing
each part of the body (in wudoo') has no basis.
Al-Futoohaat al-Rabbaaniyyah(2/27-29).
In Fataawa al-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibraaheem(2/49):
Some people think that there is a dhikr for every part of the body
(when doing wudoo'), and some ahaadeeth have been narrated concerning
that, but they are not saheeh at all, rather they are false. End
quote.
InDuroos li'l-Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn Baaz(no. 13, tape 2) it says:
There is no basis for any of this, and nothing has been narrated in a
sound report from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him), so these du'aa's are not recommended when washing these parts of
the body. Rather what is recommended (mustahabb) is two things:
Firstly, when starting to do wudoo', one should mention the name of
Allaah; secondly, after finishing wudoo' one should recite the
Shahaadah. This is what is prescribed with regard to wudoo'. End
quote.
It cannot be said that weak ahaadeeth should be acted upon with regard
to good deeds, because there is no consensus on this principle and
there are some who disagree with it. Moreover, with regard to acting
upon weak ahaadeeth, it is stipulated that they should not be severely
weak, and this condition is not met in this case, as was understood by
Ibn 'Allaan inal-Futoohaat al-Rabbaaniyyah(2/29).
Al-Suyooti (may Allaah have mercy on him) wrote an essay on this
matter entitledal-Ighda' 'an Du'aa' al-A'daa', in which he explained
how very weak the reports concerning that are, and that they are not
fit to be acted upon, even with regard to good deeds.
See also the answer to question no. 45730.
2 – As for the second mistake, it is your saying in your du'aa', "by
the status of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him)".
Undoubtedly the status of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) is great, but Allaah has not made seeking to draw near to
Him (tawassul) by means of that one of the causes of du'aa' being
answered.
And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) – who is
the one who did not omit to guide us to anything that is good – did
not teach us to seek to draw near to Allaah by means of that.
Hence it is known that this du'aa' is not prescribed.
This has already been explained in the answer to question no. 23265.
So strive to follow the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) and do not add anything to it or take anything
away; keep away from things that have been introduced into the
religion, as the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
advised us when he said: "I urge you to adhere to my Sunnah and the
sunnah of the rightly guided Khulafa' (al-Khulafa' al-Raashideen), and
to seize it firmly. Beware of newly-innovated things, for every
innovation is a going-astray." Narrated by Abu Dawood (4607); classed
as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.
And Allaah knows best.