The ruling on raising the hands for supplication after the adhan

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it a religious innovation (bid'ah) for the mu'adhdhin to raise his hands for supplication after finishing the adhan?

Answer:
This is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Raising the hands for supplication after the adhan is a bid'ah. What did the Shaykh compare it to? After the adhan, nothing is said except what has been transmitted: “O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and the established prayer, grant Muhammad the intercession and the high rank, and raise him to the honored position You promised him.” This is what has been transmitted, so one should not supplicate with anything added to it, because it has not been transmitted. One should not raise his hands either. By the way, in other countries and cities, they add words, songs, and many other things to the adhan. These are bid'ah (religious innovations); all of these are specific innovations. They recite the Qur'an before the adhan, they recite dhikr (remembrance of Allah), they send blessings upon the Messenger, and they raise the voice of the adhan, raising his voice just as he raises it in the adhan, and they sing songs. All of this is among the innovations for which Allah has not sent down any authority. Likewise, after the adhan, nothing is said except the transmitted supplication, which is said quietly. It is not said with a loud voice; he says it quietly to himself only, so that nothing is added to the adhan that is not part of it, and so that people do not think these things are part of the adhan, which would make it an innovation and an addition to what Allah has prescribed. Therefore, it is obligatory to restrict oneself to the adhan only. Yes.