What is the ruling on raising the hands in group supplication, and the imam saying at the end, “And peace upon the messengers,” and the congregation saying: “Ameen”?

The questioner : What is the ruling on raising the hands in group supplication? And the imam saying at the end: “And peace upon the messengers,” and the congregation saying: “Ameen”?

The Shaykh : If this is in prayer, there is no harm, just as if the imam makes qunut in the witr prayer during the standing in night prayer in Ramadan, he will supplicate and the people will say “Ameen” behind him. Likewise, if a calamity befalls the Muslims for which qunut is made, the imam makes qunut and the people behind him say “Ameen.”
As for raising the hands in supplication, it is among the etiquettes of supplication that a person raises his hands in supplication, except where the Sunnah has come with the contrary. Among what the Sunnah has come with the contrary is supplication in the Friday sermon; it is not recommended for the preacher to raise his hands, nor for the listener to raise his hands, except in the case of supplicating for rain, i.e., precipitation, in which case the preacher raises his hands and the people raise their hands. Likewise, supplicating for clear weather, i.e., that the weather becomes clear and the clouds disperse, for the Sunnah has come that the preacher raises his hands in this. It is established in “al-Sahihayn” from the hadith of Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was preaching to the people on Friday, when a man entered and said: “O Messenger of Allah! The wealth has perished and the roads have been cut off, so call upon Allah to send us relief.” The sky was clear, with no clouds or pieces of cloud. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) raised his hands and said: three times. He said: Anas said: A cloud emerged from behind Sulay, Sulay is a mountain in Medina from whose direction clouds come. It emerged like a shield. When it reached the middle of the sky, it spread, thundered, flashed, and rained. He said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) did not descend from the pulpit until the rain was dripping from his beard—Glory be to Allah—and the rain remained for a full week, night and day. In the second Friday, a man entered, or 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.” He raised his hands and said: and he gestured with his hand to the right and left. The people saw the clouds tearing apart according to the gesture of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and the clouds rained around Medina, and the people went out in that Friday walking in the sun.
The important point is that the original ruling on raising the hands in supplication is that it is recommended, except where evidence has come to indicate otherwise. Yes.

The questioner : May Allah reward you. In the last of this questioner’s questions from Algeria, he says.