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nasai:879Qutaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil from his father

"I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and when he started to pray he said the Takbir and raised his hands until they were in level with his ears. Then he recited the Opening of the Book, and when he had finished he said 'Amin' and raised his voice with it."  

النسائي:٨٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلاَةَ كَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْهَا قَالَ آمِينَ يَرْفَعُ بِهَا صَوْتَهُ  


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tabarani:18338Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil from his father

[Machine] "I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and when he started the prayer, he said the takbeer (saying Allahu Akbar) and raised his hands until they were level with his ears."  

الطبراني:١٨٣٣٨حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ كَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَتَا بِأُذُنَيْهِ»  

nasai-kubra:955Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil from his father

"I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and when he started to pray he said the Takbir and raised his hands until they were in level with his ears. Then he recited the Opening of the Book, and when he had finished he said 'Amin' and raised his voice with it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 879)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٥٥أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ كَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى حَاذَى بِأُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْهَا قَالَ «آمِينَ» يَمُدُّ بِهَا صَوْتَهُ