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bayhaqi:2309Abū al-Ḥasan al-ʿAlawī Imlāʾ > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Dallawayh al-Daqqāq > Aḥmad b. al-Azhar > Asbāṭ b. Muḥammad > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to raise his hands when starting the prayer until they were level with his ears. Yazid bin Abi Ziyad was not strong.  

البيهقي:٢٣٠٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْعَلَوِيُّ إِمْلَاءً أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ دَلَّوَيْهِ الدَّقَّاقُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْأَزْهَرِ ثنا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى تَكُونَا حَذْوَ أُذُنَيْهِ يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ غَيْرُ قَوِيٍّ  


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ahmad:18674Asbāṭ > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > ʿAbd al-Raḥmanib. Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to raise his hands when he started the prayer until his thumbs reached the level of his ears.  

أحمد:١٨٦٧٤حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِبْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى تَكُونَ إِبْهَامَاهُ حِذَاءَ أُذُنَيْهِ  

ahmad:18682Asbāṭ b. Muḥammad > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

[Machine] The translation of the passage is as follows: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would begin the prayer, he would raise his hands to the level of his shoulders, with his thumbs aligned with his earlobes.  

أحمد:١٨٦٨٢حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى تَكُونَ إِبْهَامَاهُ حِذَاءَ أُذُنَيْهِ