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tabarani:18339 – Ismāʿīl b. Isḥāq al-Naysābūrī > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá al-Naysābūrī > Ḥudayj b. Muʿāwiyah > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil from his father

[Machine] I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I saw him raising his hands to his ears.  

الطبراني:١٨٣٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ ثنا حُدَيْجُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى أُذُنَيْهِ»  

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ahmad:16099 – ʿAbd 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:١٦٠٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا 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