Dhikr and du‘a · When the moment comes
Raise your hands when making du'a
- The practice
- Raise both hands when making personal du'a.
- When
- Each personal du'a
- In daily life
- Whenever you make your own du'a, after prayer, at your desk before a big meeting, or in the car once you've parked, lift both hands. A passing thought becomes a real moment of asking.
The source
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ بَيَاضَ إِبْطَيْهِ.
“Narrated Anas, "The Prophet ﷺ raised his hands (in invocation) till I saw the whiteness of his armpits”Sahih al-Bukhari 6341
The full hadith, with its chain and grading →Arabic: ara-bukhari · Translation: Muhsin Khan (eng-bukhari), from the eng-bukhari edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.
More Sunnahs like this
Remember Allah as you enter your homeWalking through your front doorMake du'a for someone who isn't thereAfter an obligatory prayer you chooseSay 'Inna lillah' and ask for something betterWhen bad news or a loss reaches youGreet the believers when you visit a graveyardEntering a graveyardAfter a bad dream: spit left, seek refuge, turn overWaking from a bad dreamAsk for guidance, piety, chastity and sufficiencyAfter an obligatory prayer you choose, or in sujud
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Get early accessSources: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and narrations of Jami at-Tirmidhi graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani.