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Raising the hands and pointing with the finger in prayer

ahmad:18877Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > Shuʿbah > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb > Kulayb > Wāʾil al-Ḥaḍramī

[AI] He saw the Prophet ﷺ pray, and he said the takbir and raised his hands. Then when he bowed, he raised his hands, and when he raised his head from bowing, he raised his hands. He kept his limbs apart in his bowing and in his prostration. Then when he sat reciting the tashahhud, he placed his right thigh on the left, placed his right hand, pointed with his index finger, and made a circle with the middle finger.

أحمد:١٨٨٧٧حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ وَائِلٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ

أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى، فَكَبَّرَ، فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا رَكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ، وَخَوَّى فِي رُكُوعِهِ، وَخَوَّى فِي سُجُودِهِ، فَلَمَّا قَعَدَ يَتَشَهَّدُ وَضَعَ فَخِذَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى، وَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى، وَأَشَارَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ السَّبَّابَةِ، وَحَلَّقَ بِالْوُسْطَى.

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