Is it permissible to look at the sky during supplication in all cases, and likewise in the supplication of qunut?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to look at the sky during supplication in all cases, and likewise in the supplication of qunut?
Answer:
Raising the hands to the sky, as for raising the gaze to the sky, yes. There is nothing wrong with raising the gaze during supplication, nor with raising the hands and the gaze to the sky. However, in prayer, one raises the gaze to the sky. But it is not said that he raises it because it is the qiblah of the supplicant; rather, it is said that he does so because Allah is there, turning to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to look at the sky during supplication in all cases, and likewise in the supplication of qunut?
Answer:
Raising the hands to the sky, as for raising the gaze to the sky, yes. There is nothing wrong with raising the gaze during supplication, nor with raising the hands and the gaze to the sky. However, in prayer, one raises the gaze to the sky. But it is not said that he raises it because it is the qiblah of the supplicant; rather, it is said that he does so because Allah is there, turning to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [142 -1024] هل يباح النظر إلى السماء عند الدعاء مطلقاً وكذلك في دعاء القنوت؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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