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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمَرْءَ إِذَا أَرَادَ الْإِشَارَةَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ يَجِبُ أَنْ يُشِيرَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ الْيُمْنَى بَعْدَ أَنْ يَحْنِيَهَا قَلِيلًا

ibnhibban:883 – Abū Yaʿlá > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muʿāwiyah > Ibn Abū Dhubāb > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] "I have never seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gesturing with his hands and supplicating on a pulpit or other than it, but I have seen him saying this," and Abu Sa'eed said, while curved his index finger of his right hand.

ابن حبّان:٨٨٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

«مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَاهِرًا يَدَيْهِ يَدْعُو عَلَى مِنْبَرٍ وَلَا غَيْرِهِ وَلَكِنْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَقُولُ هَكَذَا» وَقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ بِأُصْبُعِهِ السَّبَّابَةِ مِنْ يَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى يُقَوِّسُهَا

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ṭabarānī
abudawud:1105 – Musaddad > Bishr / Ibn al-Mufaḍḍal > ʿAbd al-Raḥman / Ibn Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muʿāwiyah > Ibn Abū Dhubāb > Sahl b. Saʿd

I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raising his hands and praying on the pulpit or otherwise. But I saw him saying (doing) this way, and he would point with his forefinger making a circle by joining the middle finger with his thumb.

أبو داود:١١٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُفَضَّلِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَاهِرًا يَدَيْهِ قَطُّ يَدْعُو عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ وَلاَ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ وَلَكِنْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَقُولُ هَكَذَا وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ وَعَقَدَ الْوُسْطَى بِالإِبْهَامِ

ابْنُ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

tabarani:6023 – [Chain 1] Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal [Chain 2] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 3] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Ismāʿīl b. ʿUlayyah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Muʿāwiyah > Ibn Abū Dhubāb > Sahl b. Saʿd

I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raising his hands and praying on the pulpit or otherwise. But I saw him saying (doing) this way, and he would point with his forefinger making a circle by joining the middle finger with his thumb. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1105)

الطبراني:٦٠٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَا ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عُلَيَّةَ قَالَا ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

«مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ شَاهِرًا يَدَيْهِ قَطُّ فِي الدُّعَاءِ عَلَى مِنْبَرٍ وَلَا غَيْرِهِ وَلَكِنِّي رَأَيْتُهُ يَقُولُ هَكَذَا وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ وَعَقَدَ الْوُسْطَى بِالْإِبْهَامِ»