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ahmad:8875 – Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Thawbān > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The translation of the passage is: "The prophet ﷺ used to raise his hands in a gesture when he stood up for prayer."  

أحمد:٨٨٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ يَعْنِي إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَدًّا  

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abudawud:753 – Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Saʿīd b. Samʿān > Abū Hurayrah

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began his prayer, he raised his hands extensively.  

أبو داود:٧٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سَمْعَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَدًّا  

ahmad:10491 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Thawbān > Abū Hurayrah

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began his prayer, he raised his hands extensively. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 753)   

أحمد:١٠٤٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَدًّا