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ahmad:18865 – ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muslim > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil b. Ḥujr

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ bowing and placing his hands on his knees.  

أحمد:١٨٨٦٥ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:874 – Abū 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:٨٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:18848 – Wakīʿ > 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:١٨٨٤٨ – حَدَّثَنَا 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