Narrated Malik ibn Yasar as-Sakuni, al-Awfi: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم 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 bin Abd al-Hamid said: according to us Malik bin Yasar was a Companion of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم .

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: I saw the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم supplicating Allah in this manner with the palms of his hands and also with their backs upwards.

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 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.