Guidelines for Raising the Hands in Supplication
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Regarding the guidelines for raising the hands in supplication, knowing that there are specific occasions where the Sunnah prescribes raising the hands for Hajj, rain, Friday, and seeking aid?
We say, may Allah bless you: Raising the hands in supplication falls into three categories. The first category is that for which the Sunnah has come; it is clear that the hands are raised in these cases.
And the second category: As for that for which the Sunnah has come in opposition, it is also clear that the hands are not raised in these cases.
The first category is numerous, and the second category is also numerous. For example: if a person wants to raise his hands between the two prostrations while saying, "My Lord, forgive me and have mercy on me,"We say: No.
this is a religious innovation. And if the preacher wants to raise his hands in supplication on Friday,We said: No.
they are not raised except in the prayer for rain and the prayer for relief from harm,In the prayer for rain, he says: "O Allah, send us rain,"And in the prayer for relief from harm, he says: "O Allah, send rain around us." And if he wants to raise his hands in the opening supplication,We said: no; because the Sunnah has come in opposition to it.
What remains is the third category, for which the Sunnah has not come affirming or denying it, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family): "Indeed, Allah is shy and generous, and He is shy of His servant when he raises his hands to Him that He should return them empty" and due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the man: "Disheveled, covered in dust, stretching his hands to the sky: O my Lord! O my Lord! While his food is forbidden, his clothing is forbidden, and he is nourished with what is forbidden, so how will his supplication be answered?"
This is the ruling on raising the hands in supplication.
We say, may Allah bless you: Raising the hands in supplication falls into three categories. The first category is that for which the Sunnah has come; it is clear that the hands are raised in these cases.
And the second category: As for that for which the Sunnah has come in opposition, it is also clear that the hands are not raised in these cases.
The first category is numerous, and the second category is also numerous. For example: if a person wants to raise his hands between the two prostrations while saying, "My Lord, forgive me and have mercy on me,"We say: No.
this is a religious innovation. And if the preacher wants to raise his hands in supplication on Friday,We said: No.
they are not raised except in the prayer for rain and the prayer for relief from harm,In the prayer for rain, he says: "O Allah, send us rain,"And in the prayer for relief from harm, he says: "O Allah, send rain around us." And if he wants to raise his hands in the opening supplication,We said: no; because the Sunnah has come in opposition to it.
What remains is the third category, for which the Sunnah has not come affirming or denying it, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family): "Indeed, Allah is shy and generous, and He is shy of His servant when he raises his hands to Him that He should return them empty" and due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the man: "Disheveled, covered in dust, stretching his hands to the sky: O my Lord! O my Lord! While his food is forbidden, his clothing is forbidden, and he is nourished with what is forbidden, so how will his supplication be answered?"
This is the ruling on raising the hands in supplication.