Source: Aḥkām wa Masāʾil – Kitāb al-Ṣalāh, Volume 1, Page 243
❖ Question
Some people raise their hands to make duʿāʾ between the two Friday sermons. However, I have read in Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ that the Prophet ﷺ, at this point, would only gesture with his finger.
So, can one raise hands to make duʿāʾ between the two khuṭbahs? Or should duʿāʾ be made verbally without raising the hands?
❖ Answer
Al-ḥamdu lillāh, wa-ṣ-ṣalātu wa-s-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh, Ammā Baʿd!
◈ It is established from the Prophet ﷺ that he sat between the two Friday sermons.
(Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Jumuʿah, Bāb Takhfīf al-Ṣalāh wa-l-Khuṭbah)
◈ However, during this sitting (julūs bayna al-khuṭbatayn), neither the khatīb nor the listeners raising their hands or making duʿāʾ verbally (with or without hand-raising) is established from any Qur’ānic verse or ḥadīth.
◈ The gesture with the finger refers to the Prophet ﷺ while delivering the sermon.
(Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Jumuʿah; Sunan Abī Dāwūd, Kitāb al-Jumuʿah, Bāb Rafʿ al-Yadayn ʿalā al-Minbar)
But this action was not done during the sitting between the two sermons.
◈ Making verbal duʿāʾ during the khuṭbah is authentically proven from the Prophet ﷺ.
◈ Likewise, during the Friday sermon, when people requested duʿāʾ for rain, the Prophet ﷺ raised his hands and made duʿāʾ.
(See: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Kitāb al-Jumuʿah; Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb al-Istisqāʾ)
Hādhā mā ʿindī wa-Allāhu Aʿlam bi-ṣ-ṣawāb.
