What is the ruling on raising the hands in supplication after the prayer?
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The questioner : And regarding the supplication in qunut, did the hands remain raised? If you prayed two rak'ahs?
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner : We heard of supplication in other than prayer.
The Shaykh : The default is that he prays and raises his hands.
The questioner : And regarding, may Allah reward you, some scholars distinguishing between raising the hands in supplication after the obligatory prayer and after the voluntary prayer. Or do you say that raising the hands after the obligatory prayer is an innovation and after the voluntary prayer is an innovation? And look at the distinction, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : First, may Allah bless you. I declare that supplication before the prayer is recommended and is the best, and that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said when the dream was mentioned, then they imagine the hair from the shepherd or not? This is one thing, and there is no supplication after the prayer, not in the corners, nor in the Majar. As for the corners, Allah the Exalted said when you recite the question, then ask Allah, and the Messenger did not supplicate after the obligatory prayer, and the Messenger did not supplicate after the excuse either.
Supplication before the prayer, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) brought it out, so I say there is no harm in a person raising his face and supplicating, sometimes, sometimes always, as the common people among us do, when people pray, he raises his face and supplicates. This is what no one reaches, meaning it becomes an innovation after an obligatory or a kafir? Allah, the word innovation is heavy on him, but there is no supplication and relationship and release for the prayer, according to the prayer, according to the prayer, if you supplicate? This prayer, raising the hands is among the etiquettes, not my intention after the obligatory prayer directly, meaning is there something in it? Yes, it contradicts the command of Allah, because Allah said[An-Nisa 4:103] and it was not after the obligatory prayer except seeking forgiveness three times in what is prayed, and this seeking forgiveness is connected to the prayer.
So the person may have taken the prayer in the morning and completed it, so he sought forgiveness from Allah. May Allah reward you with good. May Allah bless you. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prays the voluntary prayer and prays the ease and others.
That he supplicated with the limit of a head, always, I know except when Sa'id did with him what he did when their Sa'id was under the Ka'bah, and they took a picture of a camel and put it on his back, and he stood and completed his prayer, then he raised and put it on him. This is what he did in order to give these people the story and say, O Allah, help me in Your remembrance. Is it not supplication? No, it is not supplication, but it is said after the salam, not before the salam. After the salam, before the salam, this? Before the salam means supplicate, even if you lengthen it.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Also, do not prolong it for the people so that it becomes burdensome for them. So regarding the one who speaks, if he wants to supplicate before he prays, if he gives a fatwa for two hours or two hours, note that.
The presenter : Allah is the Greatest.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. May Allah bless you.
The presenter : May Allah reward you,
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner : We heard of supplication in other than prayer.
The Shaykh : The default is that he prays and raises his hands.
The questioner : And regarding, may Allah reward you, some scholars distinguishing between raising the hands in supplication after the obligatory prayer and after the voluntary prayer. Or do you say that raising the hands after the obligatory prayer is an innovation and after the voluntary prayer is an innovation? And look at the distinction, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : First, may Allah bless you. I declare that supplication before the prayer is recommended and is the best, and that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said when the dream was mentioned, then they imagine the hair from the shepherd or not? This is one thing, and there is no supplication after the prayer, not in the corners, nor in the Majar. As for the corners, Allah the Exalted said when you recite the question, then ask Allah, and the Messenger did not supplicate after the obligatory prayer, and the Messenger did not supplicate after the excuse either.
Supplication before the prayer, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) brought it out, so I say there is no harm in a person raising his face and supplicating, sometimes, sometimes always, as the common people among us do, when people pray, he raises his face and supplicates. This is what no one reaches, meaning it becomes an innovation after an obligatory or a kafir? Allah, the word innovation is heavy on him, but there is no supplication and relationship and release for the prayer, according to the prayer, according to the prayer, if you supplicate? This prayer, raising the hands is among the etiquettes, not my intention after the obligatory prayer directly, meaning is there something in it? Yes, it contradicts the command of Allah, because Allah said
And when you have completed the prayer, remember Allah
فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُمُ الصَّلَاةَ فَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَSo the person may have taken the prayer in the morning and completed it, so he sought forgiveness from Allah. May Allah reward you with good. May Allah bless you. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prays the voluntary prayer and prays the ease and others.
That he supplicated with the limit of a head, always, I know except when Sa'id did with him what he did when their Sa'id was under the Ka'bah, and they took a picture of a camel and put it on his back, and he stood and completed his prayer, then he raised and put it on him. This is what he did in order to give these people the story and say, O Allah, help me in Your remembrance. Is it not supplication? No, it is not supplication, but it is said after the salam, not before the salam. After the salam, before the salam, this? Before the salam means supplicate, even if you lengthen it.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Also, do not prolong it for the people so that it becomes burdensome for them. So regarding the one who speaks, if he wants to supplicate before he prays, if he gives a fatwa for two hours or two hours, note that.
The presenter : Allah is the Greatest.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. May Allah bless you.
The presenter : May Allah reward you,
Source
ابن العثيمين - فتاوى على الهاتف - فتاوى الصيام — archive.org (27:01)
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