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[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."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٥٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

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  


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He saw the Prophet ﷺ, when he started to pray, raise his hands until his thumbs were almost level with his earlobes.  

النسائي:٨٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلاَةَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى تَكَادَ إِبْهَامَاهُ تُحَاذِي شَحْمَةَ أُذُنَيْهِ