Hadith 515

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا حُصَيْنٌ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عُمَارَةَ بْنَ رُوَيْبَةَ الثَّقَفِيَّ، وَبِشْرُ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ يَخْطُبُ ، فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ فِي الدُّعَاءِ ، فَقَالَ عُمَارَةُ : " قَبَّحَ اللَّهُ هَاتَيْنِ الْيُدَيَّتَيْنِ الْقُصَيَّرَتَيْنِ ، لَقَدْ رأَيتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَمَا يَزِيدُ عَلَى أَنْ يَقُولَ هَكَذَا ، وَأَشَارَ هُشَيْمٌ بِالسَّبَابةِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
´Husain narrated:` "I heard Umarah bin Rawaibah Ath-Thaqafi - while Bishr bin Marwan was delivering Khutbah and raising his hands in supplication - so Umarah said: 'May Allah disgrace these two insignificant hands, I have seen Allah's Messenger, and he would not do any more than this;'" and Hushaim (one of the narrators) motioned with his index finger.
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب الجمعة عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 515
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (1012)
Hadith Takhrij «صحیح مسلم/الجمعة 13 (874) ، سنن ابی داود/ الصلاة 230 (1104) ، سنن النسائی/الجمعة 29 (1413) ، ( تحفة الأشراف : 10377) ، مسند احمد (4/135، 136، 261) ، سنن الدارمی/الصلاة 201 (1601) (صحیح)»
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
English Commentary:
1:
The wording ((فِی الدُّعَاءِ)) does not appear in Sahih Muslim.
The author has used this wording to argue that one should not raise the hands during supplication (du'a) in the Friday sermon (khutbah).
According to the narration in Muslim, the meaning of the hadith is that one should not excessively raise the hands during the khutbah. As for what is narrated in Sahih al-Bukhari from Anas radi Allahu anhu, that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, during the khutbah, supplicated for rain and raised his hands—
then, according to some of the imams, this was a supplication for istisqa (seeking rain), and that is why the hands were raised.
The correct view is that ‘Ammarah ibn Ruwaybah warned, in an unrestricted manner, about excessive movement of the hands during the khutbah.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 515
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
1104. Commentary:
For the khateeb to wave his hands while addressing the people during the sermon is contrary to the Sunnah and against the etiquette of Jumu‘ah. Only pointing with the index finger is established. As for the argument that raising the hands for supplication during the sermon is prohibited—even though some narrators have inclined towards this view—this argument is weak. Because it is established from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that he raised his hands and supplicated for rain (istisqa’) during the sermon.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 1104