What is the ruling on raising the hands in the supplication of the Friday sermon?

Question : What is the ruling on raising the hands in the supplication of the Friday sermon?

Answer : Raising the hands in the supplication of the Friday sermon is not well known. For this reason, the Companions criticized Bashir ibn Marwan when he raised his hands in the Friday sermon, except in two matters: the prayer for rain and the prayer for the rain to stop.
The prayer for rain is well known; it is asking for the downpour of rain. The prayer for the rain to stop is asking for the rain to cease. Well, it is the opposite of that. The evidence for this is what Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated. He said: A man entered on a Friday while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering the sermon and said: O Messenger of Allah, . The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised What did he say? Meaning the sky was clear from all directions. He only mentioned Sula, which is a well-known mountain in Madinah, because the cloud came from its direction. He said: Then a cloud emerged A shield is what a warrior uses to protect himself in battle; it resembles the metal sheet on which bread is baked.
So the rain continued to fall for a full week. Then a man, or the first man from the second Friday, held it back, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his hands and said: And he pointed to the various directions. Wherever he pointed, the clouds parted. They watched the clouds; the Messenger pointed to them around us, and they would part. By the command of the Messenger or by the command of Allah? By the command of Allah, because the Messenger did not command them, but he supplicated to his Lord and pointed to the directions he wanted, so the clouds gathered toward those directions. He said: Then the people went out walking in the sun, and everything around Madinah was raining until the Wadi, a well-known stream in Madinah that still bears this name today, flowed for a full month. Allahu Akbar! How great is the power of Allah the Exalted and Majestic! Meaning, between the supplication of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and the end of his sermon, Allah created the clouds, thunder, and lightning, and it rained. The Messenger did not descend from the pulpit until the rain was dripping from his beard. In this is the greatest sign of the power of Allah the Exalted and Majestic, and of His hearing, and of His answering supplication. In it is also a sign for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), because Allah fulfilled their supplication and answered them, while the people were watching and witnessing. And if he had not been truthful, he would not have been granted success in this. Therefore, it is mentioned that Musaylimah the Liar—and there is no harm in mentioning his name, do not object to us—Musaylimah the Liar claimed to be a messenger, and he was a liar, without doubt. One day his companions came to him.
A boy. His hair had grown on one side of his head but not the other. They asked him to supplicate to Allah for all the hair on his head to grow. So Musaylimah the Liar came and rubbed the boy’s head so that hair would grow on the entire head. Do you know what happened? What occurred? When he rubbed it, all the hair fell out. On another occasion, a group of people came to him and said: The water in the well has dried up; only a little remains. So the false messenger went to the well and asked for water to rinse his mouth and spit into the well so that the well would fill with water, as happened with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When he did so, what happened? The water in it dried up, and it remained dry. Is this a testimony from Allah to the lie of this liar, or to his truth? To his lie, because the outcome was contrary to his intention, refuting him. It remains to be said: We know that the preacher does not raise his hands on Friday in his Friday sermon except in what? In the prayer for rain and the prayer for the rain to stop. Well, if he supplicates for the victory of the believers and the rectification of the affairs of the rulers, does he raise his hands? No. Do the people raise their hands? The people do not raise their hands unless their imam raises his hand. For this reason, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his hands to ask for rain, the Companions raised their hands. As for the prayer for the rain to stop, I do not recall the Companions raising their hands. But it appears, and Allah knows best, that if the preacher raises his hands, the followers should raise their hands, because they are followers of others.