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abudawud:1490ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Sufyān > ʿAbbās b. ʿAbdullāh b. Maʿbad b. ʿAbbās Bihadhā al-Ḥadīth

Earnest supplication should be made like this: he raised his hand and made his palms in the direction of his face.  

أبو داود:١٤٩٠حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنِي عَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ

فِيهِ وَالاِبْتِهَالُ هَكَذَا وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَجَعَلَ ظُهُورَهُمَا مِمَّا يَلِي وَجْهَهُ