Al-Adab al-Mufrad 614
Supplication
Raising the hands in supplication
Jabir ibn 'Abdullah reported that at-Tufayl ibn 'Amr asked the Prophet, (ﷺ), "Do you want a fortress and a citadel? The fortress of Daws." The Messenger of Allah, (ﷺ), refused it because of what Allah had stored up for the Ansar. At-Tufayl made hijra and a man of his people made hijra with him. The man fell ill and was in torment (or words to that effect) and he crawled over to a quiver, took out an arrow, sliced his veins and died. At-Tufayl saw him a dream and asked him, "What has been done to you?" He replied, "I was forgiven because of my hijra to the Prophet, (ﷺ)." He asked, "What happened to your hands?" He replied, "It was said, 'We will not put right in you that part of your hands which you destroyed.'" He said that at-Tufayl related that tot he Prophet, (ﷺ), and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Allah, forgive his hands!" and he raised his hands when he said it.