Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr

Sunan Abi Dawud

"He has asked Allah using His Greatest Name."

Sunan Abi Dawud

I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and a man was offering prayer. He then made supplication: O Allah, I ask Thee by virtue of the fact that praise is due to Thee, there is no deity but...

Sunan Abi Dawud

When the Prophet (ﷺ) made supplication (to Allah) he would raise his hands and wipe his face with his hands.

Sunan Abi Dawud

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) 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,...

Sunan Abi Dawud

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 you should spread out both...

Sunan Abi Dawud

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

Sunan Abi Dawud

The above mentioned tradition has also been transmitted in a similar manner by Ibn 'Abbas from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).

Sunan Abi Dawud

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When you make requests to Allah, do so with the palms of your hands, and not backs, upwards. Abu Dawud said: The narrator Sulaiman b. 'Abd al-Hamid said: according to us Malik b. Yasar was a...

Sunan Abi Dawud

I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) supplicating Allah in this manner with the palms of his hands and also with their backs upwards.

Sunan Abi Dawud

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Your Lord is munificent and generous, and is ashamed to turn away empty the hands of His servant when he raises them to Him.