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Raising the hands and placing the right over the left in prayer

ahmad:18852 – Wakīʿ > al-Masʿūdī > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil > Ahl Baytī > Abī

[AI] that he saw the Prophet ﷺ raise his hands with the takbir and place his right hand on his left in prayer.

أحمد:١٨٨٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الْمَسْعُودِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَهْلُ بَيْتِي عَنْ أَبِي

أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ مَعَ التَّكْبِيرَةِ، وَيَضَعُ يَمِينَهُ عَلَى يَسَارِهِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ.

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abudawud:725 – Musaddad > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > al-Masʿūdī > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil > Ahl Baytī from my father

Wa’il b.Hujr said that he saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raise his hands when he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great).

أبو داود:٧٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ وَائِلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَهْلُ بَيْتِي عَنْ أَبِي أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُمْ

أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ مَعَ التَّكْبِيرَةِ

tabarani:18370 – Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > ʿAmr b. Marzūq > al-Masʿūdī > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil > Unās from Ahlih from his father

[Machine] "When the Prophet ﷺ started the prayer, he would raise his hands and place his right hand over his left hand and hold them together."

الطبراني:١٨٣٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ ثنا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أُنَاسٍ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ «رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ وَوَضَعَ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى وَيَحْبِسُ كَفَّيْهِ»