Raising hands in Dua

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Raising hands in Dua (Arabic : رفع اليدين في الدعاء) is the action of using hands to invoke Allah in dua. [1] [2]

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Raising the hands for dua is a sunnah and a mustahabb act of ibadah done by muslims after fardh salah. [3] [4]

When making a supplication, the Muslim should raise his hands with humility to Allah and do it in the way instructed by Muhammad. [5] [6]

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Raising hands in Dua

In few cases, Raising the hands in Dua is regarded as a forbidden action (Bidʻah) and should not be done during: [7] [8] [9]

Types

There are two ways to raise the hands to perform the Dua: [13]

  1. With both hands. [14]
  2. With just one index finger: This was done when the Prophet Muhammad was giving advices, when he was performing a Khutbah on the minbar. [15]

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