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[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to place the inside of his palm on his face when making supplication.  

الطبراني:١٢٢٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ السَّقَطِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ خُصَيْفٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا دَعَا جَعَلَ بَاطِنَ كَفِّهِ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ»  

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ahmad:16563 – Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Ibn Lahīʿah > Ḥabbān b. Wāsiʿ > Khallād b. al-Sāʾib al-Anṣārī

[Machine] The translation of the passage is: "Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ used to place the palms of his hands on his face whenever he made supplication."  

أحمد:١٦٥٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ حَبَّانَ بْنِ وَاسِعٍ عَنْ خَلَّادِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا دَعَا جَعَلَ بَاطِنَ كَفَّيْهِ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ  

ahmad:20317 – ʿĀrim > Muʿtamir > And Ḥaddath Abū > Abū al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿUmayr

[Machine] "And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wiped his face."  

أحمد:٢٠٣١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَارِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَ أَبِي عَنِ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ قَتَادَةَ بْنِ مِلْحَانَ حِينَ حُضِرَ فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ فِي أَقْصَى الدَّارِ قَالَ فَأَبْصَرْتُهُ فِي وَجْهِ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ وَكُنْتُ إِذَا رَأَيْتُهُ كَأَنَّ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ الدِّهَانَ قَالَ

وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَسَحَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ