[Machine] "He saw the Prophet, ﷺ , while he began the prayer, he raised his hands until his thumbs almost touched the lobes of his ears." Abu Abdur-Rahman Abd al-Jabbar ibn Wail said, "I did not hear this from my father, but the narration itself is authentic."  

أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى تَكَادَ إِبْهَامَاهُ تُحَاذِي شَحْمَةَ أُذُنَيْهِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنْ أَبِيهِ وَالْحَدِيثُ فِي نَفْسِهِ صَحِيحٌ