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ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ الْمُبَالَغَةُ فِي الدُّعَاءِ عِنْدَ الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ

ibnhibban:2863al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. al-Minhāl al-Ḍarīr > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not raise his hands during any supplication except when praying for rain, when he used to raise his hands so high that the whiteness of his armpits could be seen." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1513)  

ابن حبّان:٢٨٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ الضَّرِيرُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ إِلَّا فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
bukhari:1031Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá And Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ never raised his hands for any invocation except for that of Istisqa' and he used to raise them so much that the whiteness of his armpits became visible. (Note: It may be that Anas did not see the Prophet ﷺ raising his hands, but it is narrated that the Prophet ﷺ used to raise his hands for invocations other than Istisqa. See Hadith No. 807 & 808 and also see Hadith No. 612, Vol. 5).  

البخاري:١٠٣١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى وَابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَىْءٍ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ إِلاَّ فِي الاِسْتِسْقَاءِ وَإِنَّهُ يَرْفَعُ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ  

bukhari:3565ʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. Ḥammād > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not use to raise his hands in his invocations except in the Istisqa (i.e. invoking Allah for the rain) in which he used to raise his hands so high that one could see the whiteness of his armpits. (Note: It may be that Anas did not see the prophet (as) raising his hands but it has been narrated that the Prophet (as) used to raise his hands for invocations other than Istisqa. See Hadith No. 612 Vol. 5. and Hadith No. 807 & 808 Vol 2.)  

البخاري:٣٥٦٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ أَنَّ أَنَسًا ؓ حَدَّثَهُمْ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ لاَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَىْءٍ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ إِلاَّ فِي الاِسْتِسْقَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ وَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى دَعَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَرَأَيْتُ بَيَاضَ إِبْطَيْهِ  

nasai:1513Shuʿayb b. Yūsuf > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not raise his hands during any supplication except when praying for rain, when he used to raise his hands so high that the whiteness of his armpits could be seen."  

النسائي:١٥١٣أَخْبَرَنِي شُعَيْبُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَىْءٍ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ إِلاَّ فِي الاِسْتِسْقَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ  

abudawud:1170Naṣr b. ʿAlī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

The Prophet (peace be upon him) was not accustomed to raise his hands in any supplication he made except when praying for rain. He would then raise them high enough so much so that the whiteness of his armpits was visible.  

أبو داود:١١٧٠حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ لاَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَىْءٍ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ إِلاَّ فِي الاِسْتِسْقَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ  

ibnmajah:1180Naṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Prophet ﷺ did not raise his hands in any of his supplications except when praying for rain (Istisqa’), when he raised his hands so high that the whiteness of his armpits could be seen.  

ابن ماجة:١١٨٠حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ لاَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَىْءٍ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ إِلاَّ عِنْدَ الاِسْتِسْقَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ  

ahmad:13726Aswad 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:١٣٧٢٦حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

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

ahmad:12867Yaḥyá > Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Anas

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not raise his hands during any supplication except when praying for rain, when he used to raise his hands so high that the whiteness of his armpits could be seen." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1513)   

أحمد:١٢٨٦٧حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ أَنَّ أَنَسًا حَدَّثَهُمْ قَالَ

لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ وَقَالَ يَحْيَى مَرَّةً مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ إِلَّا فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبِطَيْهِ  

ahmad:14006Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet (peace be upon him) was not accustomed to raise his hands in any supplication he made except when praying for rain. He would then raise them high enough so much so that the whiteness of his armpits was visible. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1170)   

أحمد:١٤٠٠٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ لَا يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ إِلَّا عِنْدَ الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ  

darimi:1576ʿUthmān b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdah > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not raise his hands during any supplication except when praying for rain, when he used to raise his hands so high that the whiteness of his armpits could be seen." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1513)   

الدارمي:١٥٧٦حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَا يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ إِلَّا فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ»  

nasai-kubra:1830Shuʿayb b. Yūsuf > Yaḥyá > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

The Prophet (peace be upon him) was not accustomed to raise his hands in any supplication he made except when praying for rain. He would then raise them high enough so much so that the whiteness of his armpits was visible. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1170)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٨٣٠أَخْبَرَنِي شُعَيْبُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ إِلَّا فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ»  

nasai-kubra:1832Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Prophet ﷺ did not raise his hands in any of his supplications except when praying for rain (Istisqa’), when he raised his hands so high that the whiteness of his armpits could be seen. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1180)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٨٣٢أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ أَنَّ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ حَدَّثَهُمْ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ «كَانَ لَا يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ إِلَّا عِنْدَ الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ»  

nasai-kubra:1442Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Prophet ﷺ did not raise his hands in any of his supplications except when praying for rain (Istisqa’), when he raised his hands so high that the whiteness of his armpits could be seen. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1180)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٤٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ أَنَّ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ حَدَّثَهُمْ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «لَا يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ إِلَّا عِنْدَ الِاسْتِسْقَاءَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ»  

bayhaqi:6445[Chain 1] Abū Ṣāliḥ > Jaddī Yaḥyá b. Manṣūr > Aḥmad b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá And Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah [Chain 2] Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb al-Qāḍī > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd And Muḥammad b. Abū ʿAdī > Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ never raised his hands in any of his supplications except during praying for rain. He would raise his hands until the whiteness of his armpits could be seen.  

البيهقي:٦٤٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو صَالِحٍ أنبأ جَدِّي يَحْيَى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ثنا يَحْيَى وَابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَاضِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ إِلَّا فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَشَّارٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْهُمَا