Raising one’s hands during the khateeb’s du’aa’ in the second khutbah

What is the ruling on one who raises his hands when the khateebmakes
du'aa' for the Muslims during the second khutbah? Please quote the
evidence (daleel), may Allaah reward you.
Praise be to Allaah.
Raising the hands is not prescribed during the Friday khutbah or the
Eid khutbah, neither for the imaam nor for the members of the
congregation. Rather what is prescribed is to listen attentively to
the imaam and to say ameento his du'aa', saying that to oneself
without raising one's voice. But raising the hands is not prescribed,
because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did
not raise his hands during the Friday khutbah or the Eid khutbah. When
one of the Sahaabah saw one of the governors raising his hands during
the Friday khutbah, he denounced him for that and said that the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not raise his
hands. Yes, if the imaam prays for rain during the Friday khutbah,
then he may raise his hands whilst praying for rain, because the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to raise his
hands in this case. So if he prays for rain during theFriday khutbah
or Eid khutbah, then it is prescribed for him to raise his hands,
following the example of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him).
Majmoo' Fataawa wa Maqaaalaat Mutanawwi'ah li Samaahat al-Shaykh
al-'Allaamah 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn 'Abd-Allaah ibn Baaz (may Allaah have
mercy on him), part12, p. 339

How to return salaams to one who offers his hand in greeting during the khutbah

If the imaam is preaching and someone greets you and offers hishand,
what is the ruling?
Praise be to Allaah.
Gesture to him if it is the time of the khutbah, andput your hand in
his, without speaking, because the Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) commanded us to listen to the
khutbah. He said, "If you say to your companion on Friday, 'Listen!'
when the imaam is preaching, then you have engaged in idle speech."
(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, al-Jumu'ah, 882; Muslim, al-Jumu'ah, 1404.
Agreed upon).
He described his enjoining something good as being "idle speech"
(laghw) at the time of the khutbah, so how about other kinds of
speech? And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said, according to a saheeh hadeeth, "Whoever playswith the pebbles
(on theground) has engaged in idle speech (laghw)." (Narrated by
Muslim, al-Jumu'ah, 1419)
At Jumu'ah prayers, the believer should listen to the khutbah and be
humble and solemn, he should beware of playing with pebbles on the
ground or anything else. If someone greets him he should gesture tohim
without speaking. Ifhe puts his hand in his when he offers his
hand,without speaking, that isOK, as stated above. He should tell him
after the khutbah that he should not have done that, and that which is
prescribed if one comes in when the imaam is preaching is to pray two
rak'ahs to "greet the mosque" and not to say salaams to anyone until
after the khutbah has ended. If hesneezes he should praiseAllaah (say
"al-hamdu Lillah") to himself without speaking out loud.
Majmoo' Fataawa wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwi'ah li Samaahat al-Shaykh
al-'Allaamah 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn 'Abd-Allaah ibn Baaz (may Allaah have
mercy on him), part12, p. 410

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A Young Man's Fear of Allah

One day, Malik bin Dinar (rahimaullah) was passing by a place when he
noticed a young man wearing old clothes and crying by the roadside.
His name was Uthbah. Sweat was dripping down his body even though the
temperature was very cold at that time. Malik bin Dinar became very
surprised atthis scene and asked Uthbah, "Oh young man, why are you
crying? Andwhy are you sweating during this cold temperature?"
Uthbah replied, "Once, I committed a sin at this place. Today, as I
was passing by this place, I remembered that sin."
Source: Obtained from the book "Tambihul Ghafileen" by Shaikh Abul
Laith Samarkandi.
Look how pious were the early Muslims. Today,we are committing
thousands of sins, yet, we are walking around with happiness and joy
as if we have nothing to worry about.

The Patched Robe

There was a Jew of Damascus who was reading a holy book oneday when he
came across the name of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
written in it. Not liking this, he removed the name. But the next day
he found it there again. Again he took out the name; but on the third
day it had appeared again. He thought:"Perhaps this is a sign that a
true Emissary has come. I will journey southwards to Madinah."
And he forthwith startedout, not tarrying until hereached the city of
the Prophet. When he arrived there, knowing nobody, he was near
theMosque of the Prophet when the Sahabi Anas (ra) arrived. He said to
Anas: "Friend, take me tothe Prophet."
Anas (ra) led him into the mosque, which was full of people in
anguish.Abu Bakr (ra) the successor was sitting there at the head of
the assembly. The old man went up to him, thinkinghe must be Muhammad,
and said: "O Chosen Envoy of God, a strayed old man has come to offer
you peace." Hearing the title of the Prophet used, everyone present
burst into a flood of tears. The stranger was uncertain as to what to
do. He said:"I am a foreigner and a Jew, and I am unaware of the rites
of the Faith of Submission to the Willof Allah. Have I said something
untoward? Should I have remained silent? Or is this a ritual
observance? Why do youcry? If it is a ceremony, I have never heard of
it."
Omar (ra) said to him:"We do not weep because of anything which you
have done. But you must hear, unfortunate one, that it is a but a week
since the Prophet left the earth. When we heard his name, grief took
possession of our hearts anew."
As soon as he heard this, the ancient tore his clothes in anguish.
Whenhe had recovered a little,he said: "Do me one favour. Let me have
at least a robe of the Prophet. If I cannot see him, at least let me
have this."
Omar (ra) answered:"Only Fatima (ra) could give us one of his robes."
Ali (ra) said: "But she will not allow anyone to go near her." But
they went to her door and knocked, and explained what they wanted.
Fatima (ra) answered:"Verily, the Prophet spoke truly when he said,
shortly before he died: 'A wayfarer, who has love towards me andwho is
a good man, will come to the house. He will not see me. Give him,
therefore, this patchwork robe as if from me, and for me treat him
gently, offering salutations.'"
The Jew put the robe on himself and, professing Islam, asked to be
taken to the Prophet's grave. Itwas at this place that he breathed his
last.