Your Lord is Generous and Shy. When His servant raises his hands to Him, He is shy to return them empty.
“Your Lord is Generous and Shy. When His servant raises his hands to Him, He is shy to return them empty.”
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) encourages raising the hands during supplication and informed that Allah Almighty is (Bashful), possessing great bashfulness, and does not withhold giving. He does for the slave what brings him joy and refrains from what harms him.
The plain meaning, from HadeethEnc
عَنْ سَلْمَانَ رضي الله عنه قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ حَيِيٌّ كَرِيمٌ، يَسْتَحْيِي مِنْ عَبْدِهِ إِذَا رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ يَرُدَّهُمَا صِفْرًا».
Salmān (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Verily, your Lord is Bashful and Munificent. He is too Bashful of His slave to let him go empty-handed when raising his hands to Him."
What does Sunan Abi Dawud 1488 mean?
Narrated by Salman al-Farisi, recorded by Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah. Two names of Allah are placed side by side, and the second is the surprising one: hayiyy, which the translators render as shy or bashful — a modesty attributed to Allah in the manner that befits Him. The commentators draw the practical conclusion, that He gives without being asked, so how much more when He is asked.
Written from HadeethEnc