ا قُلْنَا لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) كَيْفَ الْمَسْأَلَةُ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى قَالَ تَبْسُطُ كَفَّيْكَ قُلْنَا كَيْفَ الِاسْتِعَاذَةُ قَالَ تُفْضِي بِكَفَّيْكَ وَ التَّبَتُّلُ الْإِيمَاءُ بِالْإِصْبَعِ وَ التَّضَرُّعُ تَحْرِيكُ الْإِصْبَعِ وَ الِابْتِهَالُ أَنْ تَمُدَّ يَدَيْكَ جَمِيعاً .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad, from Hareyz, from Muhammad Bin Muslim and Zurara who both said, ‘We said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘How is the asking to Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Blessed and High (supposed to be)?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Extending your palms’. We said, ‘How is the seeking of the Refuge (supposed to be)?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Displaying with your palms; and the devotion is the gesturing with the finger; and the beseeching is moving the finger; and the invoking is that you extend your hands together’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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