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ahmad:13726Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Shuʿbah > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to raise his hands in supplication until the white color of his armpits could be seen.  

أحمد:١٣٧٢٦حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الدُّعَاءِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:1031Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá And Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ never raised his hands for any invocation except for that of Istisqa' and he used to raise them so much that the whiteness of his armpits became visible. (Note: It may be that Anas did not see the Prophet ﷺ raising his hands, but it is narrated that the Prophet ﷺ used to raise his hands for invocations other than Istisqa. See Hadith No. 807 & 808 and also see Hadith No. 612, Vol. 5).  

البخاري:١٠٣١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى وَابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَىْءٍ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ إِلاَّ فِي الاِسْتِسْقَاءِ وَإِنَّهُ يَرْفَعُ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ  

bukhari:6341Abū ʿAbdullāh > al-Ūwaysī > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd And Sharīk Samiʿā Anas

Narrated Anas, "The Prophet ﷺ raised his hands (in invocation) till I saw the whiteness of his armpits."  

البخاري:٦٣٤١قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَقَالَ الأُوَيْسِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ وَشَرِيكٍ سَمِعَا أَنَسًا

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ بَيَاضَ إِبْطَيْهِ  

muslim:895aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yaḥyá b. Abū Bukayr > Shuʿbah > Thābit > Anas

I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raising his hands (high enough) in supplication (for rain) that the whiteness of his armpits became visible.  

مسلم:٨٩٥aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الدُّعَاءِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ  

ahmad:14138ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Manṣūr > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to bow down in prostration until the whiteness of his armpits could be seen.  

أحمد:١٤١٣٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ  

darimi:1576ʿUthmān b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdah > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not raise his hands during any supplication except when praying for rain, when he used to raise his hands so high that the whiteness of his armpits could be seen." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1513)   

الدارمي:١٥٧٦حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَا يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ إِلَّا فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ»  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ يَدَيْهِ عِنْدَ الدُّعَاءِ لِلَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا

ibnhibban:877al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd al-Qaṭṭān Bi-al-Rraqqah > Sahl b. Ṣāliḥ al-Anṭākī > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Shuʿbah > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The translation of the given Arabic sentence is: "The Prophet ﷺ used to raise his hands in supplication until the whiteness of his armpits was visible."  

ابن حبّان:٨٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْقَطَّانُ بِالرَّقَّةِ حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْأَنْطَاكِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الدُّعَاءِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ»  

ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ الْمُبَالَغَةُ فِي الدُّعَاءِ عِنْدَ الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ

ibnhibban:2863al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. al-Minhāl al-Ḍarīr > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not raise his hands during any supplication except when praying for rain, when he used to raise his hands so high that the whiteness of his armpits could be seen." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1513)  

ابن حبّان:٢٨٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ الضَّرِيرُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ إِلَّا فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ»  

أَبُو الضُّحَى مُسْلِمُ بْنُ صُبَيْحٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ

tabarani:4984Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Ḍirār b. Ṣurad > ʿAlī b. ʿĀbis > al-Ḥasan b. ʿUbaydullāh > Abū al-Ḍuḥá > Zayd b. Arqam

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ making a supplication and he raised his hands until I could see the whiteness of his armpits.  

الطبراني:٤٩٨٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا ضِرَارُ بْنُ صُرَدٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَابِسٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَعَا فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ بَيَاضَ إِبْطَيْهِ»  

tabarani:12219ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm al-ʿĀmirī al-Kūfī > Aḥmad b. Yūnus > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Shuʿbah a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās > Ibn ʿAbbās ؓ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to have his armpits visible when he prostrated.  

الطبراني:١٢٢١٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعَامِرِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ إِذَا سَجَدَ»  

tabarani:1745Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Manṣūr > Sālim b. Abū al-Jaʿd > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to lower his forehead to the ground in prostration until the whiteness of his armpits was visible."  

الطبراني:١٧٤٥حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَجَدَ جَافَى حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ»  

nasai-kubra:1834Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Muʿtamir from my father > Barakah > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raising his hands (high enough) in supplication (for rain) that the whiteness of his armpits became visible. (Using translation from Muslim 895a)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٨٣٤أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بَرَكَةُ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الدُّعَاءِ حَتَّى تُرَى إِبْطَاهُ»