Sunan Abu Dawood 1488

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Ikrimah quoted Ibn Abbas as saying: When asking for something you should raise your hands opposite to your shoulders; when asking for forgiveness you should point with one finger; and when making an earnest supplication..

In another version Ibn Abbas said: Earnest supplication should be made like this: he raised his hand and made his palms in the direction of his face. ..

The above mentioned tradition has also been transmitted in a similar manner by Ibn Abbas from the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. ..

Narrated Yazid ibn Saeed al-Kindi: When the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم made supplication (to Allah) he would raise his hands and wipe his face with his hands. ..

Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم heard a man saying: O Allah, I ask Thee, I bear witness that there is no god but Thou, the One, He to Whom men repair, Who has not begotten, and has not been begotten, and..

The aforesaid tradition has been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Malik bin Mighwal. This verso adds: He has asked Allah using His Greatest Name. ..