How is the report in Sahih Muslim reconciled: that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when seeking rain, turned the palms of his hands toward the ground?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The one making supplication raises his hands to the sky, but it is reported in Sahih Muslim that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when seeking rain, turned the palms of his hands toward the ground. How is this reconciled?
Answer:
Yes, he raised his hands to the sky, but he exaggerated the raising until it seemed to the one seeing him that he had turned the palms toward the ground due to the intensity of the raising, not that he actually turned them toward the ground. Yes, but it seemed to the one who saw him, due to the intensity of the raising, that he had turned them toward the ground. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The one making supplication raises his hands to the sky, but it is reported in Sahih Muslim that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when seeking rain, turned the palms of his hands toward the ground. How is this reconciled?
Answer:
Yes, he raised his hands to the sky, but he exaggerated the raising until it seemed to the one seeing him that he had turned the palms toward the ground due to the intensity of the raising, not that he actually turned them toward the ground. Yes, but it seemed to the one who saw him, due to the intensity of the raising, that he had turned them toward the ground. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [857 -1024] كيف يوجه ما ورد في صحيح مسلم: أن النبي ﷺ عندما استسقى جعل بطون كفيه مما يلي الأرض؟ — youtube.com
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