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ذِكْرُ اسْتِعْمَالِ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ مَا أَمَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي صَلَاتِهِ

ibnhibban:1873Shabbāb b. Ṣāliḥ Biwāsiṭ > Wahbb. Baqiyyah > Khālid > Khālid > Abū Qilābah > Raʾá Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith Idhā Ṣallá Kabbar Warafaʿ Yadayh Waʾidhā Arād

Abu Qilaba reported that he saw Malik b. Huwairith raising his hands at the beginning of prayer and raising his hands before kneeling down, and raising his hands after lifting his head from the state of kneeling, and he narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do like this. (Using translation from Muslim 391a)  

ابن حبّان:١٨٧٣أَخْبَرَنَا شَبَّابُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ بِوَاسِطٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ

أَنَّهُ رَأَى مَالِكَ بْنَ الْحُوَيْرِثِ «إِذَا صَلَّى كَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَحَدَّثَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَفْعَلُ هَكَذَا»  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Ṭabarānī

Raising of the hands (rafʿ al-yadayn رفع اليدين) before and after the rukūʿ

bukhari:737Isḥāq al-Wāsiṭī > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Khālid > Abū Qilābah > Raʾá Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith Idhā Ṣallá Kabbar And Rafaʿ Yadayh Waʾidhā Arād

I saw Malik bin Huwairith saying Takbir and raising both his hands (on starting the prayers and raising his hands on bowing and also on raising his head after bowing. Malik bin Huwairith said, "Messenger of Allah ﷺ did the same."  

البخاري:٧٣٧حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ الْوَاسِطِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ أَنَّهُ رَأَى مَالِكَ بْنَ الْحُوَيْرِثِ إِذَا صَلَّى كَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ

أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَحَدَّثَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَنَعَ هَكَذَا  

muslim:391aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Khālid > Abū Qilābah > Raʾá Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith Idhā Ṣallá Kabbar Thum Rafaʿ Yadayh And ʾIdhā Arād

Abu Qilaba reported that he saw Malik b. Huwairith raising his hands at the beginning of prayer and raising his hands before kneeling down, and raising his hands after lifting his head from the state of kneeling, and he narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do like this.  

مسلم:٣٩١aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ

أَنَّهُ رَأَى مَالِكَ بْنَ الْحُوَيْرِثِ إِذَا صَلَّى كَبَّرَ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَحَدَّثَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَفْعَلُ هَكَذَا  

tabarani:16737ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

[Machine] "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to, when he entered prayer, raise his hands to the level of his ears. And when he bowed, and when he raised his head from bowing."  

الطبراني:١٦٧٣٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ» إِذَا دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى فُرُوعِ أُذُنَيْهِ وَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ  

tabarani:16738ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Abū Kāmil al-Jaḥdarī > Abū ʿAwānah > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to raise his hands when he started the takbeer (saying Allahu Akbar in prayer) until they were level with his ears, and when he raised his head from rukoo' (bowing position), he did the same."  

الطبراني:١٦٧٣٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا أَبُو كَامِلٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ» إِذَا كَبَّرَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِي بِهِمَا أُذُنَيْهِ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ فَعَلَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ  

tabarani:18321Fuḍayl b. Muḥammad al-Malṭī > Abū Nuʿaym > Qays b. Sulaym al-ʿAnbarī > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil b. Ḥujr from his father

[Machine] "I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he said takbir (Allahu Akbar) when he started the prayer. He raised his hands. And when he wanted to bow, he raised his hands. After he raised his head from bowing..."  

الطبراني:١٨٣٢١حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَلْطِيُّ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا قَيْسُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَكَبَّرَ حِينَ افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَحِينَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَبَعْدَمَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ»