Ruling on raising the hands in supplication after the obligatory and voluntary prayers
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This is a message received from two sisters who inquired, using the initials (M. S. A.) and (N. M. A.), from Bisha, al-Khalidiyyah district. The first question in this message is: Is it permissible to raise the hands in supplication after the obligatory prayer? Please inform us, may Allah reward you.
Answer: It is not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or from his Companions that they did this. Therefore, raising the hands after the obligatory prayer is a denounced innovation, not permissible for men or women, and it is not prescribed. Rather, the believer, whether male or female, says after the prayer: “I seek Allah’s forgiveness, I seek Allah’s forgiveness, I seek Allah’s forgiveness. O Allah, You are Peace, and from You comes peace. Blessed are You, O Owner of Majesty and Honor.” This is the Sunnah, the first thing one does after the closing salam. Then, if he is the imam, he turns to the people and gives them his face, and then he engages in the remembrance of Allah. He says: “There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is over all things competent.” If he adds: “He gives life and He causes death, and He is over all things competent,” there is no harm, as this came in some narrations. And he says: “There is no power and no strength except with Allah. There is no god but Allah, and we worship none but Him. His is the blessing, His is the favor, and His is the good praise. There is no god but Allah, we are sincere to Him in religion, even if the disbelievers dislike it. O Allah, there is no one who can prevent what You have given, and there is no one who can give what You have withheld, and the wealth of the wealthy does not benefit him against You.” The hadith ends here. It was narrated by the two Shaykhs from the hadith of al-Mughirah, and Muslim narrated part of it from the hadith of Ibn al-Zubayr. And he narrated the first part, which is seeking forgiveness three times, saying: Muslim narrated it from the hadith of Thawban. May Allah be pleased with them all. The meaning of “and the wealth of the wealthy does not benefit him against You” is: the wealth, fortune, and luck of the wealthy do not benefit him against You, O our Lord. That is, by Your grace, O our Lord. Rather, all are poor before You, O our Lord. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do what some people do now, which is raising the hands when they say the salam. Nor did the Companions do it. The Sunnah is to supplicate between oneself and oneself only, without raising the hands. If he supplicates between himself and himself, there is no harm. Or if he supplicates before the salam at the end of the prayer, that is prescribed. As for raising the hands after the salam of the obligatory prayer, it is not permissible. Rather, it is an innovation for the imam, the one praying alone, and the one praying behind the imam, all of them. Likewise, what some people do, where they call upon the imam to raise his hands, and they raise their hands with him, meaning the followers raise their hands with him for supplication. All of this has no basis, and it is an innovation, as far as we know from the pure Shari'ah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you. And after the voluntary prayer, Your Eminence?
The Shaykh: After the voluntary prayer, the matter is broad. If it is not a regular voluntary prayer, sometimes there is no harm. The matter is broad in this regard, because raising the hands is among the causes for the acceptance of supplication. Yes. But in the places where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not raise his hands, we do not raise them; because his leaving it is a Sunnah, and his doing it is a Sunnah, peace and blessings be upon him. So in this place, we do not raise the hands after the salam of the obligatory prayer. Likewise, one does not raise his hands before the salam if he supplicates, nor between the two prostrations if he supplicates. All of this, one does not raise the hands in. Likewise, in the Friday sermon, he did not raise his hands, and in the festival sermon, he did not raise his hands. Rather, he raised his hands in the sermon for seeking rain. When he sought rain with the people, he raised his hands and supplicated, peace and blessings be upon him. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Answer: It is not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or from his Companions that they did this. Therefore, raising the hands after the obligatory prayer is a denounced innovation, not permissible for men or women, and it is not prescribed. Rather, the believer, whether male or female, says after the prayer: “I seek Allah’s forgiveness, I seek Allah’s forgiveness, I seek Allah’s forgiveness. O Allah, You are Peace, and from You comes peace. Blessed are You, O Owner of Majesty and Honor.” This is the Sunnah, the first thing one does after the closing salam. Then, if he is the imam, he turns to the people and gives them his face, and then he engages in the remembrance of Allah. He says: “There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is over all things competent.” If he adds: “He gives life and He causes death, and He is over all things competent,” there is no harm, as this came in some narrations. And he says: “There is no power and no strength except with Allah. There is no god but Allah, and we worship none but Him. His is the blessing, His is the favor, and His is the good praise. There is no god but Allah, we are sincere to Him in religion, even if the disbelievers dislike it. O Allah, there is no one who can prevent what You have given, and there is no one who can give what You have withheld, and the wealth of the wealthy does not benefit him against You.” The hadith ends here. It was narrated by the two Shaykhs from the hadith of al-Mughirah, and Muslim narrated part of it from the hadith of Ibn al-Zubayr. And he narrated the first part, which is seeking forgiveness three times, saying:
O Allah, You are Peace.
اللهم أنت السلامThe presenter: May Allah reward you. And after the voluntary prayer, Your Eminence?
The Shaykh: After the voluntary prayer, the matter is broad. If it is not a regular voluntary prayer, sometimes there is no harm. The matter is broad in this regard, because raising the hands is among the causes for the acceptance of supplication. Yes. But in the places where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not raise his hands, we do not raise them; because his leaving it is a Sunnah, and his doing it is a Sunnah, peace and blessings be upon him. So in this place, we do not raise the hands after the salam of the obligatory prayer. Likewise, one does not raise his hands before the salam if he supplicates, nor between the two prostrations if he supplicates. All of this, one does not raise the hands in. Likewise, in the Friday sermon, he did not raise his hands, and in the festival sermon, he did not raise his hands. Rather, he raised his hands in the sermon for seeking rain. When he sought rain with the people, he raised his hands and supplicated, peace and blessings be upon him. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
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