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ahmad:1570Yaḥyá > Ismāʿīl > al-Zubayr b. ʿAdī > Muṣʿab b. Saʿd

[Machine] I prayed with Saad and said, "Like this" and Yahya described the application. Then he hit my hand and said, "We used to do this, then we were commanded to raise it to the shoulders."  

أحمد:١٥٧٠حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ سَعْدٍ فَقُلْتُ بِيَدَيَّ هَكَذَا وَوَصَفَ يَحْيَى التَّطْبِيقَ فَضَرَبَ يَدِي وَقَالَ كُنَّا نَفْعَلُ هَذَا فَأُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَرْفَعَ إِلَى الرُّكَبِ