Some people raise their hands in supplication but place them on their thighs while sitting in the position of the tashahhud?

The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you, some people raise their hands for supplication but place them on their shoulders.

The Shaykh : How do I introduce you to this?

The questioner : He is sitting in the tashahhud and places his hands like this.

The Shaykh : No, this is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Raising the hands in prayer, other than in the qunut, is a bid'ah.

The questioner : Shaykh, other than in prayer, it is only when he wants to make a supplication that he raises them; he does not raise them to their full extent, so it is fine.

The Shaykh : Raise them to the chest, and when making a fervent supplication, raise them higher.

The questioner : A million upon her.

The Shaykh : Yes, how? I mean, he did not say, "O doer of evil, do not do it," but rather he gave guidance; perhaps this is his ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) and he does not know.