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Qurʾān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn al-Adab al-Mufrad al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Bukhārī Muslim Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Nasāʾī Ibn Mājah Dārimī Aḥmad Mālik Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Bazzār Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
bazzar:8816 –
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البزّار:٨٨١٦ – حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّد بن يَزِيد حَدَّثَنا المعتمر عن أبيه عن بركة عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ كَانَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ

صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يرفع يديه في الدعاء حتى يرى بياض إبطيه أبو أيوب الأزدي

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muslim:895a – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yaḥyá b. Abū Bukayr > Shuʿbah > Thābit > Anas

I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raising his hands (high enough) in supplication (for rain) that the whiteness of his armpits became visible.

مسلم:٨٩٥a – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الدُّعَاءِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ

ahmad:13726 – Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Shuʿbah > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to raise his hands in supplication until the white color of his armpits could be seen.

أحمد:١٣٧٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الدُّعَاءِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ يَدَيْهِ عِنْدَ الدُّعَاءِ لِلَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا

ibnhibban:877 – al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd al-Qaṭṭān Bi-al-Rraqqah > Sahl b. Ṣāliḥ al-Anṭākī > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Shuʿbah > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The translation of the given Arabic sentence is: "The Prophet ﷺ used to raise his hands in supplication until the whiteness of his armpits was visible."

ابن حبّان:٨٧٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْقَطَّانُ بِالرَّقَّةِ حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْأَنْطَاكِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الدُّعَاءِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ»