The ruling on raising the hands during supplication and using a misbaha for tasbih

Question:
What is the ruling on raising the hands during supplication? Is it a religious innovation? Because some people have issued a ruling to us that it is an innovation. And what is the ruling on using prayer beads for dhikr? Because we heard a shaykh say that it is an innovation. Is this correct, O honorable shaykh?
We ask for your guidance. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Raising the hands in du'a' is a recommended practice (sunnah) and one of the causes of its being answered, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) used to raise his hands in many places when making du'a'. He raised his hands in the prayer for rain when he sought rain for the Muslims, and he raised his hands when seeking the downpour. In many instances, he made du'a' for some of his Companions and raised his hands (peace and blessings be upon him).
Therefore, it is obligatory for the believer to adhere to the Sunnah and not to deny what Allah has prescribed. However, in other places, raising the hands is not prescribed; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not raise them in those places. So, for the thing that existed in the time of (peace and blessings be upon him) in which he did not raise his hands, we do not raise them; because we follow his example (peace and blessings be upon him).
So, the acts of worship that existed in his time in which he did not raise his hands, we do not raise them in, such as the obligatory prayer. He did not raise his hands when he said the taslim, nor did he raise them between the two prostrations to make du'a', nor did he raise them in the tashahhud before the taslim to make du'a', nor did he raise them in the Friday sermon to make du'a', except in the prayer for rain; if he sought rain on Friday, he raised his hands when he called for aid. He did not raise them in the two 'Id sermons to make du'a'. So, we follow this example and do not raise our hands in the places where he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not raise them, due to the saying of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) : [Al-Ahzab: 21].
Likewise, when he performed ghusl for Friday, and did not perform ghusl for the midday, afternoon, sunset, and night prayers, we say: It is a recommended practice (sunnah) to perform ghusl for Friday; because he commanded it and performed ghusl for it. And ghusl is not prescribed for every obligatory prayer of the five prayers; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do that, nor did he command it. So, the Muslims follow, and they do not innovate.
So, raising the hands is a recommended practice (sunnah) in du'a' and one of the causes of its being answered, except in the places that existed in his time (peace and blessings be upon him) in which he did not raise them, as we mentioned from the five prayers in the obligatory prayer, the Friday sermon, the 'Id sermon, between the two prostrations, and in the tashahhud. What he (peace and blessings be upon him) did, we follow his example in that (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.

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