Sunan Abu Dawood 1487 - Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions About Witr

Narrated Salman al-Farsi: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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. ..

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..