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tabarani:13896ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > ʿAbd al-Quddūs b. Bukayr b. Khunays > Ḥajjāj b. Arṭaʾah > ʿĀmir b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr from his father

[Machine] He said, "I saw the Prophet ﷺ when he began the prayer, he raised his hands until they reached his ears."  

الطبراني:١٣٨٩٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْقُدُّوسِ بْنُ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ قَالَ أنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَأَةَ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ «رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حِينَ افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى جَاوَزَ بِهِمَا أُذُنَيْهِ»  


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nasai:882Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > Muḥammad b. Bishr > Fiṭr b. Khalīfah > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil from his father

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  

abudawud:752Ḥusayn b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Wakīʿ > Ibn Abū Laylá > Akhīh ʿĪsá > al-Ḥakam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

I saw that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hands when he began prayer, but he did not raise them until he finished (prayer). Abu Dawud said: This tradition is not sound.  

أبو داود:٧٥٢حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَخْبَرَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ أَخِيهِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حِينَ افْتَتَحَ الصَّلاَةَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَرْفَعْهُمَا حَتَّى انْصَرَفَ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ لَيْسَ بِصَحِيحٍ
ahmad:16099ʿAbd al-Quddūs b. Bakr b. Khunays > Ḥajjāj > ʿĀmir b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr from his father

[Machine] "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ begin the prayer and he raised his hands until he reached his ears with them."  

أحمد:١٦٠٩٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْقُدُّوسِ بْنُ بَكْرِ بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى جَاوَزَ بِهِمَا أُذُنَيْهِ  

ahmad:18487Hushaym > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , raising his hands when he started the prayer.  

أحمد:١٨٤٨٧حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ  

ahmad:18849Wakīʿ > Fiṭr > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾilʿan Abīh

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raising his hands when he started the prayer, until his thumbs touched the lobes of his ears.  

أحمد:١٨٨٤٩حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍعَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حِينَ افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ حَتَّى حَاذَتْ إِبْهَامُهُ شَحْمَةَ أُذُنَيْهِ  

ahmad:18692Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > Ibn Abū Laylá > al-Barāʾ > Qawm Fīhim Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he started the prayer, he raised his hands.  

أحمد:١٨٦٩٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ يُحَدِّثُ قَوْمًا فِيهِمْ كَعْبُ بْنُ عُجْرَةَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ