What is the ruling on raising the hands in supplication other than in the prayer for rain?

Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on raising the hands in supplication other than in the prayer for rain?

Answer:
The default is that the hands are raised in supplication, except in the instances where the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) made supplication and did not raise his hands.
So, regarding the Friday sermon, it is not reported that the Messenger raised his hands in it. Therefore, raising the hands in the Friday sermon during supplication is a religious innovation (bid'ah), because this is what was reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Rather, this is done in the sermon for rain.
As for the other sermons, the hands are not raised in supplication; rather, one makes supplication without raising the hands. Likewise, if one makes supplication after the prayer, after the obligatory prayer, if one makes supplication after the obligatory prayer, he does not raise his hands, because this was not reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Rather, this is after the voluntary prayer. If he prays a voluntary prayer and makes supplication after it, he raises his hands, and there is no harm in that.
As for after the obligatory prayer, the hands are not raised in supplication. And likewise, in the obligatory prayer itself, if he makes supplication, he does not raise his hands except in the qunut, the supplication of the qunut. In the supplication of the qunut, he raises his hands. As for his supplication while sitting or while standing in the prayer, he does not raise his hands in the obligatory prayer, nor in the voluntary prayer either. Yes.