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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب تفريع أبواب الوترPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr
باب الدُّعَاءِChapter: Regarding Supplication (Ad-Du’a).
Hadith 1486
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ الْبَهْرَانِيُّ ، قَالَ : قَرَأْتُهُ فِي أَصْلِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَيَّاشٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي ضَمْضَمٌ ، عَنْ شُرَيْحٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو ظَبْيَةَ ، أَنَّ أَبَا بَحْرِيَّةَ السَّكُونِيّ حَدَّثَهُ ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ السَّكُونِيِّ ثُم الْعَوْفِيّ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " إِذَا سَأَلْتُمُ اللَّهَ فَاسْأَلُوهُ بِبُطُونِ أَكُفِّكُمْ وَلَا تَسْأَلُوهُ بِظُهُورِهَا " . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : وقَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ : لَهُ عِنْدَنَا صُحْبَةٌ ، يَعْنِي مَالِكَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ .
Narrated Malik ibn Yasar as-Sakuni, al-Awfi: The Prophet ﷺ said: When you make requests to Allah, do so with the palms of your hands, and not backs, upwards. Abu Dawud said: The narrator Sulaiman bin Abd al-Hamid said: according to us Malik bin Yasar was a Companion of the Prophet ﷺ.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
1486. Commentary: In general supplications, only the palms should be raised. However, in the prayer for rain (Salat al-Istisqa), when supplicating for the removal of drought and dryness, as a gesture of optimism (tafa’ul), the backs of the hands should be turned upwards. This is established from the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 1486
