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Not raising hands in dua during the Friday khutbah except for rain prayer

bayhaqi:5776 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Musaddad > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > ʿAbd al-Raḥman / Ibn Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muʿāwiyah > Ibn Abū Dhubāb > Sahl b. Saʿd

“I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ever raising his hands, making dua upon his pulpit or elsewhere; rather, I saw him say: ‘Like this,’ and he gestured with the forefinger, and joined the middle finger with the thumb.

˹Bayhaqi said:˺ The intent of the two hadiths (5775, 5776) is to affirm that dua is made in the sermon; and in them is the Sunnah that he should not raise his hands while supplicating in the sermon, but should suffice with pointing with his finger.

It is also authentically reported from Anas b. Malik, from the Prophet ﷺ, that he extended his hands and make dua and that was when he prayed for rain during the Friday sermon. Thus we narrated from Anas ibn Malik, from the Prophet ﷺ, that “he would not raise his hands in any of his duas except in praying for rain, until the whiteness of his armpits could be seen.”

And we narrated from Zuhri that he said: “When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered the sermon on Friday, he would make dua and point with his finger, and the people would say Amin.” Qurrat b. Abd al-Rahman narrated it from Zuhri, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah, as a connected report, but it is not authentic, and Allah knows best.”

البيهقي:٥٧٧٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

«مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَاهِرًا يَدَيْهِ قَطُّ، يَدْعُو عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ وَلَا عَلَى غَيْرِهِ، وَلَكِنْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَقُولُ: هَكَذَا، وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ، وَعَقَدَ الْوُسْطَى بِالْإِبْهَامِ.

وَالْقَصْدُ مِنَ الْحَدِيثَيْنِ إِثْبَاتُ الدُّعَاءِ فِي الْخُطْبَةِ، ثُمَّ فِيهِ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ أَنْ لَا يَرْفَعَ يَدَيْهِ فِي حَالِ الدُّعَاءِ فِي الْخُطْبَةِ، وَيَقْتَصِرَ عَلَى أَنْ يُشِيرَ بِأُصْبُعِهِ.

وَثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ مَدَّ يَدَيْهِ وَدَعَا، وَذَلِكَ حِينَ اسْتَسْقَى فِي خُطْبَةِ الْجُمُعَةِ، فَرُوِّينَا عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ «كَانَ لَا يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ إِلَّا فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ، حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ».

وَرُوِّينَا عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا خَطَبَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، دَعَا فَأَشَارَ بِأُصْبُعِهِ، وَأَمَّنَ النَّاسُ». وَرَوَاهُ قُرَّةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ مَوْصُولًا، وَلَيْسَ بِصَحِيحٍ، وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ.

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