سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الدُّعَاءِ وَ رَفْعِ الْيَدَيْنِ فَقَالَ عَلَى أَرْبَعَةِ أَوْجُهٍ أَمَّا التَّعَوُّذُ فَتَسْتَقْبِلُ الْقِبْلَةَ بِبَاطِنِ كَفَّيْكَ وَ أَمَّا الدُّعَاءُ فِي الرِّزْقِ فَتَبْسُطُ كَفَّيْكَ وَ تُفْضِي بِبَاطِنِهِمَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ أَمَّا التَّبَتُّلُ فَإِيمَاءٌ بِإِصْبَعِكَ السَّبَّابَةِ وَ أَمَّا الِابْتِهَالُ فَرَفْعُ يَدَيْكَ تُجَاوِزُ بِهِمَا رَأْسَكَ وَ دُعَاءُ التَّضَرُّعِ أَنْ تُحَرِّكَ إِصْبَعَكَ السَّبَّابَةَ مِمَّا يَلِي وَجْهَكَ وَ هُوَ دُعَاءُ الْخِيفَةِ .
Translation
From him, from his father or someone else, from Haroun Bin Kharija, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about the supplication and raising of the hands, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It is upon four aspects – As for the seeking of Refuge, so face the Qiblah with the front of your palms; and as for the supplication regarding the sustenance, so extend your palms and display their backs towards the sky; and as for the devotion, so gesture with your index finger; and as for the invocation, so raise your hands to exceed your head by them; and the beseeching supplication is that you move your index finger from what follows your face, and it is a supplication of the fearful one’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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