Is it permissible to raise the eyes during supplication?

Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Is it permissible to raise the eyes during supplication?

Answer:
Nothing has been reported regarding this; only the raising of the hands has been reported. As for the eyes, I do not know of anything in the Shari'ah regarding the permissibility of raising them. In fact, it may be forbidden if a person is in prayer.
If he is supplicating while in prayer, it is forbidden for him to raise his eyes to the sky due to the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibition of that and his severe warning against it. He said, "Let a group of people stop raising their eyes to the sky, or else their eyes will not return to them," or he said, "Your eyes will surely be plucked out." So in prayer, it is not permissible to raise the eyes to the sky. As for outside of prayer, if he supplicates, I do not know of any prescription for that; the prescribed act is only the raising of the hands. Yes.