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Placing the hands on the knees during bowing

ahmad:18865ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muslim > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb > abīhi > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[AI] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ bow and place his hands on his knees.

أحمد:١٨٨٦٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَكَعَ فَوَضَعَيَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ.

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
ibnmajah:874Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān > Ḥārithah b. Abū al-Rijāl > ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to bow with his hands on his knees and his upper arms held away from his sides.”

ابن ماجة:٨٧٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ أَبِي الرِّجَالِ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَرْكَعُ فَيَضَعُ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَيُجَافِي بِعَضُدَيْهِ

ahmad:18848Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Abū al-Bakhtarī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Yaḥṣubī > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr al-Ḥaḍramī

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). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 725)

أحمد:١٨٨٤٨حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْيَحْصُبِيِّ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ مَعَ التَّكْبِيرِ