Is supplication between the adhan and the iqamah answered? Is it recommended to raise the hands in supplication?

The questioner : The questioner, Sa'd al-'Utaybi, says in his second question: Supplication between the adhan and the iqamah is answered. Am I able to raise my hands in supplication, or am I not able to?

The Shaykh : The phrasing "Am I able to" or "Am I not able to" is not correct, because he is able to raise his hands. But if he had asked, "Is it recommended that I raise my hands?" the answer would be: Yes, it is recommended that a person, when he supplicates between the adhan and the iqamah, raise his hands. This is because the original ruling is that raising the hands in supplication is prescribed, and it is among the etiquettes of supplication and among the causes of its being answered. However, in cases where the Sunnah does not mention raising the hands, the hands are not raised.
The texts regarding this issue fall into three categories. The first category is what we know does not involve raising the hands, such as supplication during the Friday sermon. In this case, the hands are not raised, neither by the imam delivering the sermon nor by the listeners, except in one case: when he supplicates for rain, meaning he asks Allah the Exalted to relieve the creation. Here, he raises his hands, and the people also raise their hands. Likewise, if he supplicates to avert a calamity, he raises his hands. The evidence for this is the hadith of Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that 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 wealth has been destroyed and the paths have been cut off, so call upon Allah to relieve us." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his hands and said: The people raised their hands with him. He did not descend from the pulpit until rain was pouring down from his beard, peace and blessings be upon him. The rain remained over the city for a full week; they did not see the sun, and the wadis overflowed. A man entered on the second Friday, or it was the first man, and said, "O Messenger of Allah, the wealth has been drowned and the buildings have collapsed, so call upon Allah to hold it back from us." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) raised his hands and said: The clouds parted over the city, and the rain was around it, and the people went out walking in the sun.
Apart from that, the imam does not raise his hands during supplication in the sermon. We know this from the fact that the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) rebuked Bishr ibn Marwan when he raised his hands in supplication during the sermon. We also know that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not raise his hands in supplication during the tashahhud or while sitting between the two prostrations; rather, his hands were placed on his thighs, peace and blessings be upon him.
The second category is when we do not know that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his hands, and it is not apparent in the hadith. In that case, we do not raise the hands. This is like supplication at the grave. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he finished burying the deceased, would stand over him and say: There is no report of raising the hands in this, so the apparent ruling is that the hands are not raised.
The third category is everything else, and the original ruling in it is raising the hands in supplication, because raising the hands is among the etiquettes of supplication and among the causes of its being answered.
This is the summary of raising the hands in supplication. Accordingly, we say that supplication between the adhan and the iqamah falls into this category: a person raises his hands and supplicates to Allah the Exalted for whatever good he desires in this world and the Hereafter.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.