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ahmad:12239 – Yazīd > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit al-Bunānī > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The translation of the passage into English is: "Indeed, when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to supplicate, he would place the palms of his hands outward from what follows his face, and the backs of his hands inward from what follows the earth."  

أحمد:١٢٢٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا دَعَا جَعَلَ ظَاهِرَ كَفَّيْهِ مِمَّا يَلِي وَجْهَهُ وَبَاطِنَهُمَا مِمَّا يَلِي الْأَرْضَ  

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ahmad:16563 – Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Ibn Lahīʿah > Ḥabbān b. Wāsiʿ > Khallād b. al-Sāʾib al-Anṣārī

[Machine] The translation of the passage is: "Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ used to place the palms of his hands on his face whenever he made supplication."  

أحمد:١٦٥٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ حَبَّانَ بْنِ وَاسِعٍ عَنْ خَلَّادِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا دَعَا جَعَلَ بَاطِنَ كَفَّيْهِ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ  

suyuti:627-10b –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٦٢٧-١٠b –

"إِنَّ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَدْعُو بِعَرفَةَ وَيَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ هَكَذَا، يَجعْلُ ظَاهِرَهُمَا مِمَّا يَلِى وَجْهَهُ، وَبَاطِنَهُمَا مِمَّا يَلِى الأَرْضَ".  

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