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ahmad:10491Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Thawbān > Abū Hurayrah

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began his prayer, he raised his hands extensively. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 753)   

أحمد:١٠٤٩١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَدًّا  


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abudawud:753Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Saʿīd b. Samʿān > Abū Hurayrah

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began his prayer, he raised his hands extensively.  

أبو داود:٧٥٣حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سَمْعَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَدًّا  

malik:3-19Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sulaymān b. Yasār

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Sa'id from Sulayman ibn Yasar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to raise his hands in the prayer.  

مالك:٣-١٩وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ  

ahmad:8875Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Thawbān > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The translation of the passage is: "The prophet ﷺ used to raise his hands in a gesture when he stood up for prayer."  

أحمد:٨٨٧٥حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ يَعْنِي إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَدًّا  

tabarani:18357[Chain 1] ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Sālim al-Rāzī > Sahl b. ʿUthmān > al-Muḥāribī > al-Ḥasan b. ʿUbaydullāh [Chain 2] Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Firyābī > al-Ḥasan b. Sahl al-Ḥannāṭ > ʿImrān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Ḥasan b. ʿUbaydullāh > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to raise his hands when he said the takbeer in prayer, until his hands were level with his ears.  

الطبراني:١٨٣٥٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَالِمٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ثنا الْمُحَارِبِيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْحَنَّاطُ ثنا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «إِذَا كَبَّرَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا أُذُنَيْهِ»