The Ruling on Raising the Hands in Supplication

Question:
So he said the house. In it are four presumptions of continuity. In it is prayer, the prayer and the salam.

Answer:
The default in supplication is to raise the hands, because it is among the etiquettes of supplication, except in the instances where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated and did not raise his hands; in those instances, one does not raise the hands. For example, in the Friday sermon, one does not raise the hands. In the supplication during prayer, in the tashahhud, one does not raise the hands. In the supplication after the obligatory prayer, one does not raise the hands in these instances, because there is no report from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) doing so. In all other cases, the hands are raised. This is the default: the default in supplication is to raise the hands, except in the instances where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated and did not raise his hands.