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nasai:1024ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim al-Laythī > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

"I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raise his hands until they reached the highest part of his ears, when he said the takbir, when he bowed and when he raised his head from bowing."  

النسائي:١٠٢٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ إِذَا كَبَّرَ وَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ حَتَّى بَلَغَتَا فُرُوعَ أُذُنَيْهِ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
nasai:881Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn ʿUlayyah > Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

"I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he started to pray, raise his hands, and when he bowed, and when he raised his head from bowing, until they were parallel with the top of his ears."  

النسائي:٨٨١أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَحِينَ رَكَعَ وَحِينَ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا فُرُوعَ أُذُنَيْهِ  

nasai:1025Qutaybah > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

His father said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he started to pray, raise his hands until they were parallel to his shoulders, (and he did that) when he bowed and when he raised his head from bowing."  

النسائي:١٠٢٥أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلاَةَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ وَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ  

nasai:1056Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

He saw the Prophet ﷺ raise his hands when he bowed, and when he raised his head from bowing, until they were in level with the highest part of his ears.  

النسائي:١٠٥٦أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ

أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ إِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا فُرُوعَ أُذُنَيْهِ  

abudawud:745Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

I saw the Prophet ﷺ raise his hands when he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), when he bowed and when he raised his head after bowing until he brought them to the lobes of his ears.  

أبو داود:٧٤٥حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ إِذَا كَبَّرَ وَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ بِهِمَا فُرُوعَ أُذُنَيْهِ  

ahmad:15604Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

He saw the Prophet ﷺ raise his hands when he bowed, and when he raised his head from bowing, until they were in level with the highest part of his ears. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1056)   

أحمد:١٥٦٠٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ

أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ السُّجُودِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا فُرُوعَ أُذُنَيْهِ  

ahmad:5081Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh from his father

[Machine] "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raising his hands when he entered the prayer, when he bowed, and when he raised his head from the bowing position, but he did not do that during prostration."  

أحمد:٥٠٨١حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ إِذَا دَخَلَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَلَا يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ فِي السُّجُودِ  

ahmad:20536Ismāʿīl > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

"I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he started to pray, raise his hands, and when he bowed, and when he raised his head from bowing, until they were parallel with the top of his ears." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 881)   

أحمد:٢٠٥٣٦حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا فُرُوعَ أُذُنَيْهِ  

darimi:1286Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

[Machine] Certainly, the Prophet ﷺ used to "when he performed the takbeer, he would raise his hands until they were level with his ears, and when he intended to bow, and when he raised his head from bowing."  

الدارمي:١٢٨٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «إِذَا كَبَّرَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ أُذُنَيْهِ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ»  

ذِكْرُ إِبَاحَةِ رَفْعِ الْمَرْءِ يَدَيْهِ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي وَصَفْنَاهُ إِلَى حَدِّ أُذُنَيْهِ

ibnhibban:1863Abū Khalīfah > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ used to raise his hands when he started the prayer until his hands were level with his ears, and when he bowed, and when he raised his head from the bowing position."  

ابن حبّان:١٨٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا كَبَّرَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ إِذَا دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا أُذُنَيْهِ وَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ»  

tabarani:16737ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

[Machine] "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to, when he entered prayer, raise his hands to the level of his ears. And when he bowed, and when he raised his head from bowing."  

الطبراني:١٦٧٣٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ» إِذَا دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى فُرُوعِ أُذُنَيْهِ وَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ  

tabarani:16739Aḥmad b. Bishr b. Ḥabīb al-Bayrūtī > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Bakkār > Saʿīd b. Bashīr > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raising his hands when he said the takbeer until they reached his ears, and when he bowed, and when he raised his head from the bowing position.  

الطبراني:١٦٧٣٩حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بِشْرِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ الْبَيْرُوتِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ» يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ إِذَا كَبَّرَ حَتَّى يُحَاذِي بِهِمَا أُذُنَيْهِ وَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ  

tabarani:16741[Chain 1] Yūsuf al-Qāḍī > Muḥammad b. al-Minhāl > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ [Chain 2] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

[Machine] "I saw the Prophet ﷺ raising his hands until they were level with the sides of his ears. Zaid ibn Zurai said, 'And when he bowed, it was like that, and when he raised his head from the bowing position, it was like that.'  

الطبراني:١٦٧٤١حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَا ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ» يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِي بِهِمَا فُرُوعَ أُذُنَيْهِ زَادَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ «وَإِذَا رَكَعَ كَذَلِكَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ كَذَلِكَ»  

tabarani:16742Muḥammad b. Khālid al-Rāsibī > Muhallab b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Shuʿayb b. Bayān > ʿImrān al-Qaṭṭān > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

[Machine] "He prayed with the Prophet ﷺ , and I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raising his hands when he said the takbeer, and when he wanted to bow, and when he raised his head from the rukoo' towards his ears."  

الطبراني:١٦٧٤٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الرَّاسِبِيُّ ثنا مُهَلَّبُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ ثنا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ بَيَانٍ ثنا عِمْرَانُ الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ

أَنَّهُ صَلَّى مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ إِذَا كَبَّرَ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ نَحْوَ أُذُنَيْهِ  

tabarani:13243Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jandal b. And al-Iq > Hushaym > al-Faḍl b. ʿAṭiyyah > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ, when he started the prayer, he lifted his hands, and when he bowed and when he raised his head from the bowing position, he did not raise his hands above his ears with them.  

الطبراني:١٣٢٤٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا جَنْدَلُ بْنُ وَالِقٍ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ ثنا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «كَانَ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَلَا يُجَاوِزُ بِهِمَا أُذُنَيْهِ»  

nasai-kubra:957Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn ʿUlayyah > Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

"I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he started to pray, raise his hands, and when he bowed, and when he raised his head from bowing, until they were parallel with the top of his ears." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 881)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَحِينَ رَكَعَ وَحِينَ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا فُرُوعَ أُذُنَيْهِ»  

nasai-kubra:1098ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim al-Laythī > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

I saw the Prophet ﷺ raise his hands when he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), when he bowed and when he raised his head after bowing until he brought them to the lobes of his ears. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 745)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ إِذَا كَبَّرَ وَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ حَتَّى بَلَغَتَا فُرُوعَ أُذُنَيْهِ»  

nasai-kubra:1099Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

His father said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he started to pray, raise his hands until they were parallel to his shoulders, (and he did that) when he bowed and when he raised his head from bowing." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1025)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِي مَنْكِبَيْهِ وَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ»  

nasai-kubra:647Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

He saw the Prophet ﷺ raise his hands when he bowed, and when he raised his head from bowing, until they were in level with the highest part of his ears. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1056)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٤٧أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ

أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ إِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِي بِهِمَا فُرُوعَ أُذُنَيْهِ  

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"رَأَيْتُ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ رَفَعَ يَدَيْه إِذَا رَكَعَ، وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأسَهُ مِنَ الركُوعِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِى بِهِمَا فُرُوعَ أُذُنَيْهِ".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة