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tabarani:18357[Chain 1] ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Sālim al-Rāzī > Sahl b. ʿUthmān > al-Muḥāribī > al-Ḥasan b. ʿUbaydullāh [Chain 2] Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Firyābī > al-Ḥasan b. Sahl al-Ḥannāṭ > ʿImrān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Ḥasan b. ʿUbaydullāh > ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Wāʾil from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to raise his hands when he said the takbeer in prayer, until his hands were level with his ears.  

الطبراني:١٨٣٥٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَالِمٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ثنا الْمُحَارِبِيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْحَنَّاطُ ثنا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «إِذَا كَبَّرَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا أُذُنَيْهِ»  


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ahmad:10491Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Thawbān > Abū Hurayrah

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began his prayer, he raised his hands extensively. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 753)   

أحمد:١٠٤٩١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَدًّا  

darimi:1286Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

[Machine] Certainly, the Prophet ﷺ used to "when he performed the takbeer, he would raise his hands until they were level with his ears, and when he intended to bow, and when he raised his head from bowing."  

الدارمي:١٢٨٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «إِذَا كَبَّرَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ أُذُنَيْهِ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ»  

ذِكْرُ إِبَاحَةِ رَفْعِ الْمَرْءِ يَدَيْهِ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي وَصَفْنَاهُ إِلَى حَدِّ أُذُنَيْهِ

ibnhibban:1863Abū Khalīfah > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Naṣr b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik b. al-Ḥūwayrith

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ used to raise his hands when he started the prayer until his hands were level with his ears, and when he bowed, and when he raised his head from the bowing position."  

ابن حبّان:١٨٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ الْحُوَيْرِثِ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا كَبَّرَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ إِذَا دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا أُذُنَيْهِ وَإِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ»