Raising the Hands in the Supplication for Rain and the Friday Sermon
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the definitive position on seeking nearness to Allah through the supplication of the dead?
Answer:
Supplicating in the Friday sermon while raising the hands is a religious innovation (bid'ah). As for the prayer for rain, one raises his hands in the prayer for rain, whether in the actual prayer for rain or if he supplicates in the Friday sermon for rain, he raises his hands. But if he supplicates in the Friday sermon for something other than rain, he does not raise his hands. Yes.
The questioner asks: What is the definitive position on seeking nearness to Allah through the supplication of the dead?
Answer:
Supplicating in the Friday sermon while raising the hands is a religious innovation (bid'ah). As for the prayer for rain, one raises his hands in the prayer for rain, whether in the actual prayer for rain or if he supplicates in the Friday sermon for rain, he raises his hands. But if he supplicates in the Friday sermon for something other than rain, he does not raise his hands. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم رفع اليدين أثناء الدعاء للميت بعد دفنه؟ وكذلك التوجه للقبلة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:01)
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