The imam raising his hands in supplication after descending from the pulpit
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from outside the country says: After the imam finishes the Friday sermon and descends from the pulpit, he turns toward the qiblah and raises his hands in supplication. He asks: Is this practice prescribed?
Answer:
This is a bid'ah (religious innovation), this is a bid'ah, and it is not permissible to do it. It is obligatory to point this out to this khatib (sermon-giver) regarding what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not doSahih Muslim 1718a, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from outside the country says: After the imam finishes the Friday sermon and descends from the pulpit, he turns toward the qiblah and raises his hands in supplication. He asks: Is this practice prescribed?
Answer:
This is a bid'ah (religious innovation), this is a bid'ah, and it is not permissible to do it. It is obligatory to point this out to this khatib (sermon-giver) regarding what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who innovates things in our affairs for which there is no valid (reason) (commits sin) and these are to be rejected.
من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو رد
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن مكايده التي بلغ فيها مراده : مكيدة التحليل — islamhouse.com (44:25)
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