the hadiths concerning it, including the following:

Abū Hurayra—may Allah be pleased with him—said: “Al-Tufayl ibn Amr came to the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—and said, ‘The people of Daws have disobeyed, so pray to Allah against them.’ The Prophet faced the qiblah and raised his hands, then said, ‘O Allah, guide Daws.’” Imam al-Bukhārī recorded it in al-Adab al-Mufrad. It also appears in the two Sahīhs, but without the words “and raised his hands.”1

Among them is the hadith of Jābir ibn Abd Allah: “Al-Tufayl ibn Amr migrated…” He then related the story of the man who migrated with him. It states that the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—said, “O Allah, forgive his hands as well,” and raised his hands. The hadith master said: “Its chain of transmission is sound, and Muslim recorded it.”2

There is also the hadith of Aisha: “She saw the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—supplicating with his hands raised and saying, ‘O Allah, I am only human…’” to the end of the hadith.3 The hadith master said: “Its chain of transmission is sound.”

The hadith master said: “Among the sound hadiths concerning this is the report included by the compiler [that is, al-Bukhārī] in his volume Raising the Hands: ‘I saw the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—with his hands raised, supplicating for Uthmān.’4 Muslim also recorded, from Abd al-Rahmān ibn Samura, concerning the eclipse: ‘I came to the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—while he was supplicating with his hands raised.’5 Muslim also records, in