Times of Answered Supplication and Raising the Hands in It

Question:
The questioner asks: What are the times when it is recommended to make supplication? What is the manner of raising the hands in supplication? And is it permissible to raise the hands in supplication during the break between the two sermons on Friday?

Answer:
Allah, Exalted and Majestic, commanded supplication and did not restrict it to a specific time, neither in the night nor in the day. So call upon Allah at any hour and at any moment. However, there are times when the answering of supplication is more expected than others, as indicated by the evidence, such as the last part of the night, the time of the dawn, and the time of the Divine Descent. Allah, Exalted and Majestic, descends ? Is there anyone asking so I may forgive him? This is the place for this time; it is a time for the answering of supplication.
Likewise, Friday has an hour. On Friday on this day, so that the Muslim strives in supplication throughout the day. However, the most likely time is between the Imam’s entry for the sermon and the end of the prayer, or after the Asr prayer, as Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) held that it is at the end of Friday before the sun sets. This is the position Imam Ahmad preferred.
Some scholars say it is between the Imam sitting on the pulpit for the sermon and the end of the prayer. A hadith regarding this is reported in Sahih Muslim. And what appears, and Allah knows best, is that both times—meaning the time when the Imam sits and the time before sunset—are both times of answered supplication. So the Muslim should strive in these two times. And if he strives on every Friday, calling upon Allah throughout the day, that is better. Raising the hands should be to the level of the shoulders; this is raising the hands, and it is among the etiquettes of supplication. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.