What is the ruling on using the symbol of the the cross to indicate supplication, which is the clasped hands after supplication, and is that considered imitation of disbelievers?
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The posture of raising cupped hands, not with their palms facing the sky, is a polytheistic scriptural posture specific to Christians and some polytheists. Imitating disbelievers in their postures and symbols is forbidden, based on the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Whoever imitates a people is one of them." Islam commands the Muslim to follow what is better, which is to say "Ameen" and to pray for the one who supplicates with a similar prayer.
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