who said: “When asking, you raise your hands to shoulder level or thereabouts; when seeking forgiveness, you point with one finger; and when entreating earnestly, you extend both hands.” In another version: “Earnest entreaty is like this”—and he raised his hands with their backs facing his face. Abū Dāwūd also narrated it from Ibn ‘Abbās as a saying of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), with similar wording.

As for the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) raising his hands in supplication, the hadith reports of this are too numerous to count. As for the hadith of Anas, he said: “The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) would not raise his hands in any supplication except when praying for rain, when he would raise his hands until one could see