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How the Prophet ﷺ raised his hands and pointed in prayer

ahmad:18855Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb > abīhi > Wāʾil al-Ḥaḍramī

[AI] I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said the takbir when he began, and he raised his hand. When he wanted to bow, he raised his hands. When he raised his head from bowing, he raised his hands, placed his palms, held them apart, spread his left thigh away from the right, and pointed with his index finger.

أحمد:١٨٨٥٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَكَبَّرَ حِينَ دَخَلَ، وَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ، وَحِينَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ، وَحِينَ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ، وَوَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ، وَجَافَى، وَفَرَشَ فَخِذَهُ الْيُسْرَى مِنَ الْيُمْنَى، وَأَشَارَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ السَّبَّابَةِ.

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tabarani:18321Fuḍayl b. Muḥammad al-Malṭī > Abū Nuʿaym > Qays b. Sulaym al-ʿAnbarī > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil b. Ḥujr from his father

[Machine] "I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he said takbir (Allahu Akbar) when he started the prayer. He raised his hands. And when he wanted to bow, he raised his hands. After he raised his head from bowing..."

الطبراني:١٨٣٢١حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَلْطِيُّ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا قَيْسُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَكَبَّرَ حِينَ افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَحِينَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَبَعْدَمَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ»