Rulings on Raising the Hands in Supplication

Question:
In supplication outside of the prayer, one raises his hands. May Allah reward you?

Answer:
Raising the hands is among the causes for the acceptance of supplication, except in the places where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not raise them; in those places, one does not raise them. As for the places where there is no report of raising the hands or anything else, or where there is a report of raising them, one raises them in those places. However, in the places where the reasons for raising them exist but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not raise them, such as the Friday sermon, he did not raise them (peace and blessings be upon him); or the festival sermon, after he finished the obligatory prayer, he did not raise them. So, in a place where the reasons for raising the hands exist but they were not raised, one does not raise them. But in a place where the reasons are new, or where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised them, one raises them. For example, in the prayer for rain, when he sought rain for the people, he raised his hands a lot and supplicated a lot in the prayer for rain. Likewise, in the qunut, if an unexpected event occurs while he is sitting, he raises his hands and supplicates, or while on his mount, or in any place; all of this is fine. And when the polytheists placed [something] upon him (peace be upon him) and he removed it, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would raise his hands in prayer and supplicate against the festivals of the polytheists until Allah killed them on the Day of Badr.