The Ruling on Raising the Hands in Supplication

The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. I say: When is raising the hands in supplication a recommended practice (sunnah), and when is it not?

The Shaykh:
It is a recommended practice (sunnah) in the situations in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his hands.

The presenter:
May Allah send blessings upon him.

The Shaykh:
It is not a recommended practice (sunnah) in the situations in which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) made supplication but did not raise his hands.
The default, they say, is that raising the hands is the norm in supplication, because this is among the etiquettes of supplication and among the causes of its being answered. So the default is to raise the hands in every supplication, except for the supplications in which it is established that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) made supplication without raising his hands. For example, his supplication (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Friday sermon, other than the supplication for rain, in which he does not raise his hands. For example, his supplication at the end of the first tashahhud in the prayer. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made supplication and commanded supplication in the final tashahhud before the taslim, but he did not raise his hands, so do not raise the hands. And for example, between the two prostrations. So in the supplication within the prayer, the hands are not raised except in the case of qunut. Yes.