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ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمُصَلِّي إِذَا كَانَ إِمَامًا أَنْ يَسْكُتَ قَبْلَ ابْتِدَاءِ الْقِرَاءَةِ لِيَلْحَقَ مَنْ خَلْفَهُ قِرَاءَةَ فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ

ibnhibban:1777 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Abū ʿĀmir al-ʿAqadī > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Saʿīd b. Samʿān a freed slave of al-Zuraqiyyīn

[Machine] "There were three actions that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do but people abandoned them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he stood up for prayer, used to raise his hands up to his shoulders, and he used to stand for a little while before reciting the Qur'an, supplicating to Allah for His mercy. And he used to say 'Allahu Akbar' (God is the Greatest) in every bowing and prostration during the prayer."  

ابن حبّان:١٧٧٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سَمْعَانَ مَوْلَى الزُّرَقِيِّينَ قَالَ دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَقَالَ

«ثَلَاثٌ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَعْمَلُ بِهِنَّ تَرَكَهُنَّ النَّاسُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَدًّا وَكَانَ يَقِفُ قَبْلَ الْقِرَاءَةِ هُنَيْهَةً يَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ وَكَانَ يُكَبِّرُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ كُلَّمَا رَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ»  

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ahmad:9608 – Yaḥyá > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb And Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb al-Maʿná > Saʿīd b. Samʿān

[Machine] Abu Hurairah came to us in the mosque of Bani Zuraiq and said, "There are three things that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do, which people have neglected. He used to raise his hands when entering prayer, and he used to say takbeer (Allahu Akbar) when he bowed and when he raised his head from bowing. Also, he used to remain silent before reciting the Quran, and during that time, he would ask Allah for His blessings." Yazid added, "He used to supplicate to Allah and ask for His blessings."  

أحمد:٩٦٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ الْمَعْنَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سَمْعَانَ قَالَ

أَتَانَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فِي مَسْجِدِ بَنِي زُرَيْقٍ قَالَ ثَلَاثٌ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَعْمَلُ بِهِنَّ قَدْ تَرَكَهُنَّ النَّاسُ كَانَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ مَدًّا إِذَا دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَيُكَبِّرُ كُلَّمَا رَكَعَ وَرَفَعَ وَالسُّكُوتُ قَبْلَ الْقِرَاءَةِ يَسْأَلُ اللهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ قَالَ يَزِيدُ يَدْعُو وَيَسْأَلُ اللهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ  

ahmad:10492 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Saʿīd b. Simʿān > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] People have abandoned three practices that the Messenger of Allah used to do. When the Messenger of Allah stood up for prayer, he would raise his hands up to the level of his shoulders, then he would remain still before reciting the Quran for a moment, beseeching Allah for His blessings. He would also say "Allahu Akbar" (Allah is Great) every time he lowered or raised his hands.  

أحمد:١٠٤٩٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِمْعَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

تَرَكَ النَّاسُ ثَلَاثَةً مِمَّا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ بِهِنَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَدًّا ثُمَّ سَكَتَ قَبْلَ الْقِرَاءَةِ هُنَيَّةً يَسْأَلُ اللهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ويُكَبِّرُ كُلَّمَا خَفَضَ وَرَفَعَ