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tabarani:10358 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Mandal b. ʿAlī > Ibn Abū Laylá > al-Qāsim b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to place his right hand over his left hand during prayer."

الطبراني:١٠٣٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثنا مَنْدَلُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى فِي الصَّلَاةِ»

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malik:3-19 – Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sulaymān b. Yasār

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Sa'id from Sulayman ibn Yasar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to raise his hands in the prayer.

مالك:٣-١٩ – وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ

Placing the right hand over the left in prayer

ahmad:18875 – Hasan b. Musa > Zuhayr > Abu Ishaq > Abd al-Jabbar b. Wail > Wail

[AI] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placing his right hand over his left in prayer, and he mentioned something similar to the hadith of Ibn Abi Bukayr.

أحمد:١٨٨٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى فِي الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى الْيُسْرَى، فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ أَبِي بَكَيْرٍ.

darimi:1277 – Abū Nuʿaym > Zuhayr > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil from his father

[Machine] "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placing his right hand over his left hand, close to the wrist."

الدارمي:١٢٧٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى قَرِيبًا مِنَ الرُّسْغِ»

tabarani:3399 – [Chain 1] Bakr b. Sahl al-Dimyāṭī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > Yūnus b. Sayf [Chain 2] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām And Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > Yūnus b. Sayf al-ʿAnsī > al-Ḥārith b. Ghuṭayf or Ghuṭayf b. al-Ḥārith al-Kindī > Mahmā Nasīt Faʾinnī Lam Anas

[Machine] The passage states that "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to place his right hand over his left hand in prayer." Abu Rashid is not mentioned.

الطبراني:٣٣٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الدِّمْيَاطِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ سَيْفٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ سَيْفٍ الْعَنْسِيِّ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ غُطَيْفٍ أَوْ غُطَيْفِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الْكِنْدِيِّ قَالَ مَهْمَا نَسِيتُ فَإِنِّي لَمْ أَنَسَ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى الْيُسْرَى فِي الصَّلَاةِ» لَمْ يُذْكَرْ أَبُو رَاشِدٍ