Raising hands in dua
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Raising hands in dua ({{langx|ar|رفع اليدين في الدعاء}}) is the action of raising hands to invoke Allah in the Islamic prayer dua.
The view of limitation
Many scholars including especially Salafis limit this practice. According to them, basing on a lack of hadiths for other instances, with a fully authenticated chain, the practice of raising hands is specific to irregular prayers for needs and the Qunut of the Witr/Fajr prayers. This view excludes the practice of regularly raising the hands as sunnah and a mustahabb act of ibadah after fardh salah accompanying a dua. These scholars however do recognize raising hands during a dua not done after salah, saying that the Muslim should raise his hands with humility to Allah in the way instructed by Muhammad.
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A few cases of Raising the hands in Dua being regarded as a forbidden innovation (Bidʻah) are:{{Cite web|title=Mishkat al-Masabih 1498 - Prayer - كتاب الصلاة - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)|url=https://sunnah.com/mishkat:1498|access-date=2021-02-26|website=sunnah.com}}
The view encouraging hand-raising after salah
Some scholars, while agreeing with not raising hands in Sujud, etc. extend its scope of application. Many such scholars hold the view of praiseworthiness of consistently praying dua after fardh Salah with hands raised, as a Sunnah action. For example, according to Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi there is no room for debate: "there are hadiths transmitted in support of this. One finds in Tirmidhi: “In the ritual prayer you beg. You are wretched and you are humble, and at the end you raise hands and exclaim “Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord!” Without this the prayer is a miscarriage” And this is manifestly true, being attested by a clear report. In the report they have established what the Messenger, God’s blessings and peace be upon him, did and ordered, and what he said about raising one’s hands."{{Cite book |last=Aḥmad ibn Idrīs |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41601202 |title=The exoteric Aḥmad Ibn Idrīs : a Sufi's critique of the Madhāhib and the Wahhābīs : four Arabic texts with translation and commentary |date=2000 |publisher=Brill |others=Bernd Radtke |isbn=90-04-11375-4 |location=Leiden, The Netherlands |oclc=41601202}}
Gallery
File:Supplicating Pilgrim at Masjid Al Haram. Mecca, Saudi Arabia.jpg|Raising hands in Dua.
File:Young Muslim spplicating in Masjid al-Haram, 6 April 2015.jpg|Raising hands in Dua.
File:Muslim man at prayer.jpg|Raising hands in Dua.
File:Imam Khalid dua.jpg|Raising hands in Dua.
See also
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|e74vIyG8cak|Raise Your Hands to the Sky When Asking The Most High - Adab of Du'a 10 - Shaykh Faraz Rabbani}}
- {{YouTube|PaaN6Gd3QqQ|When to raise hands while making dua and is it necessary? - Sheikh Assim Al Hakeem}}
- {{YouTube|Nq2OY_OFjBo|Making Dua after the prayer and raising hands}}
- {{YouTube|M1STTETNyjI|Is raising hands in Dua after prayer & dua in congregation Bid'ah?}}
- {{YouTube|nlecn6ywktM|Raising the Hands in Dua After Prayer - Mokhtar Maghraoui}}
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