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 you should spread out both your hands.

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 to Whom no one is equal, and he said: You have supplicated Allah using His Greatest Name, when asked with this name He gives, and when supplicated by this name he answers.

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. "

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم 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 Thou, Who showest favour and beneficence, the Originator of the Heavens and the earth, O Lord of Majesty and Splendour, O Living One, O Eternal One. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم then said: He has supplicated Allah using His Greatest Name, when supplicated by this name, He answers, and when asked by this name He gives.

Asma daughter of Yazid reported the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: "Allah's Greatest Names is in these two verses: "And your Ilaah (God) is One Ilaah (God), none has the right to be worshipped but He, the Ever-Merciful, the Mercy-Giving' and the beginning of Surah Al Imran, "A. L. M Allah, there is no deity but He, the Living, the Eternal. "

Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Ata said: The quilt of Aishah was stolen. She began to curse the person who had stolen it. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم began to tell her: Do not lighten him. Abu Dawud said: The meaning of the Arabic words la tasbikhi 'anhu means "do not lessen him or lighten him".

Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: I sought permission of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم to perform Umrah. He gave me permission and said: My younger brother, do not forget me in your supplication. He (Umar) said: He told me a word that pleased me so much so that I would not have been pleased if I were given the whole world. The narrator Shubah said: I then met Asim at Madina. He narrated to me this tradition and reported the wordings: "My younger brother, share me in your supplication. "