Is it permissible to raise the hands during the supplication of qunut in the witr prayer?
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The questioner : The questioner from Ibb Governorate, Abd al-Rahim Ali, asks: Is it permissible to raise the hands during the supplication of qunut in the witr prayer?
The Shaykh : Yes. If a person recites qunut in the witr prayer or in the obligatory prayers during times of calamity, he should raise his hands, because raising the hands is among the means for the acceptance of supplication. Yes.
The questioner : The female questioner S K ..
The questioner : However, one does not raise the hands in the supplication between the two prostrations, because it is not reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his hands in the supplication between the two prostrations, nor in the supplication at the end of the final tashahhud.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes. If a person recites qunut in the witr prayer or in the obligatory prayers during times of calamity, he should raise his hands, because raising the hands is among the means for the acceptance of supplication. Yes.
The questioner : The female questioner S K ..
The questioner : However, one does not raise the hands in the supplication between the two prostrations, because it is not reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his hands in the supplication between the two prostrations, nor in the supplication at the end of the final tashahhud.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.