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muslim:895aAbū 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:٨٩٥aحَدَّثَنَا 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  


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bukhari:1030al-Ūwaysī > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd And Sharīk Samiʿā Anas

The narrator Anas added that the Prophet ﷺ raised his hands (during the invocation) to such an extent that the whiteness of his armpits was visible.  

البخاري:١٠٣٠وَقَالَ الأُوَيْسِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ وَشَرِيكٍ سَمِعَا أَنَسًا

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ بَيَاضَ إِبْطَيْهِ  

bukhari:6341Abū ʿAbdullāh > al-Ūwaysī > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd And Sharīk Samiʿā Anas

Narrated Anas, "The Prophet ﷺ raised his hands (in invocation) till I saw the whiteness of his armpits."  

البخاري:٦٣٤١قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَقَالَ الأُوَيْسِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ وَشَرِيكٍ سَمِعَا أَنَسًا

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ بَيَاضَ إِبْطَيْهِ  

ahmad:12903Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ raised his hands until the whiteness of his armpits could be seen.  

أحمد:١٢٩٠٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ سَمِعْتُ ثَابِتًا عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى رُئِيَ بَيَاضُ إِبِطَيْهِ  

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:2907Ḥajjāj > Sharīk > Abū Isḥāq > al-Tamīmī > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] I saw the Prophet ﷺ prostrating, his armpits were so close to the ground that the whiteness of his armpits could be seen.  

أحمد:٢٩٠٧حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ التَّمِيمِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَاجِدًا قَدْ خَوَّى حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ يَدَيْهِ عِنْدَ الدُّعَاءِ لِلَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا

ibnhibban:877al-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:٨٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا 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»  

أَبُو الضُّحَى مُسْلِمُ بْنُ صُبَيْحٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ

tabarani:4984Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Ḍirār b. Ṣurad > ʿAlī b. ʿĀbis > al-Ḥasan b. ʿUbaydullāh > Abū al-Ḍuḥá > Zayd b. Arqam

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ making a supplication and he raised his hands until I could see the whiteness of his armpits.  

الطبراني:٤٩٨٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا ضِرَارُ بْنُ صُرَدٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَابِسٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَعَا فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ بَيَاضَ إِبْطَيْهِ»  

nasai-kubra:1834Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Muʿtamir from my father > Barakah > Bashīr b. Nahīk > Abū Hurayrah

I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raising his hands (high enough) in supplication (for rain) that the whiteness of his armpits became visible. (Using translation from Muslim 895a)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٨٣٤أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بَرَكَةُ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الدُّعَاءِ حَتَّى تُرَى إِبْطَاهُ»