What is the ruling on raising the hands for the followers when the imam makes a supplication during the sermon, and on saying "Ameen" aloud?
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
We are determining the time, because it is now eight and a half until nine, which is not contrary to nine, half an hour, thirty minutes, my brother.
The questioner : In the name of Allah, he saysThe questioner : What is the ruling on raising the hands?
The Shaykh : Who is the observer?
The student: It is me, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : You are good.
The questioner : What is the ruling on raising the hands for the followers when the imam makes a supplication during the sermon, and on saying "Ameen" aloud?
The Shaykh : Raising the hands during supplication in the sermon is prescribed only in the supplication for rain. For example, if the imam supplicates for rain in the Friday sermon, saying: "O Allah, give us rain, O Allah, send us relief," then the hands are raised. The preacher and all the listeners raise them like this. In any other case, there is no raising, neither for the imam the preacher nor for the followers. For this reason, the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) criticized Bishr ibn Marwan when he raised his hands in supplication in the Friday sermon. The imam only points with his hand during supplication; he points like this, a gesture toward the Highness of the One being supplicated to, Mighty and Majestic, who is Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He).
As for saying "Ameen" aloud, that contradicts the perfection of listening to the sermon. But if the follower wants to say "Ameen," let him say it secretly, and there is no blame on him for that.
We are determining the time, because it is now eight and a half until nine, which is not contrary to nine, half an hour, thirty minutes, my brother.
The questioner : In the name of Allah, he saysThe questioner : What is the ruling on raising the hands?
The Shaykh : Who is the observer?
The student: It is me, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : You are good.
The questioner : What is the ruling on raising the hands for the followers when the imam makes a supplication during the sermon, and on saying "Ameen" aloud?
The Shaykh : Raising the hands during supplication in the sermon is prescribed only in the supplication for rain. For example, if the imam supplicates for rain in the Friday sermon, saying: "O Allah, give us rain, O Allah, send us relief," then the hands are raised. The preacher and all the listeners raise them like this. In any other case, there is no raising, neither for the imam the preacher nor for the followers. For this reason, the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) criticized Bishr ibn Marwan when he raised his hands in supplication in the Friday sermon. The imam only points with his hand during supplication; he points like this, a gesture toward the Highness of the One being supplicated to, Mighty and Majestic, who is Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He).
As for saying "Ameen" aloud, that contradicts the perfection of listening to the sermon. But if the follower wants to say "Ameen," let him say it secretly, and there is no blame on him for that.