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ahmad:20056Hāshim And Bahz > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah > Ḥumayd b. Hilāl > Man > al-Aʿrābī

[Machine] "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying. He raised his head from the bowing position and lifted his hands until they reached or touched the sides of his ears, as if they were the wings of a bird."  

أحمد:٢٠٠٥٦حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ وَبَهْزٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَ الْأَعْرَابِيَّ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي قَالَ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ فَرَفَعَ كَفَّيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا أَوْ بَلَغَتَا فُرُوعَ أُذُنَيْهِ كَأَنَّهُمَا مِرْوَحَتَانِ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad
nasai:881Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn ʿUlayyah > Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

"I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he started to pray, raise his hands, and when he bowed, and when he raised his head from bowing, until they were parallel with the top of his ears."  

النسائي:٨٨١أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَحِينَ رَكَعَ وَحِينَ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا فُرُوعَ أُذُنَيْهِ  

ahmad:20536Ismāʿīl > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

"I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he started to pray, raise his hands, and when he bowed, and when he raised his head from bowing, until they were parallel with the top of his ears." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 881)   

أحمد:٢٠٥٣٦حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا فُرُوعَ أُذُنَيْهِ