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Sunan Abu DawudPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Sunan Abu Dawud 724

Chapter: Raising The Hands In The Prayer

Weak 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 724

Narrator:Wā’il

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ النَّخَعِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ أَبْصَرَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حِينَ

قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى كَانَتَا بِحِيَالِ مَنْكِبَيْهِ وَحَاذَى بِإِبْهَامَيْهِ أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ ‏.‏

Wa’il b.Hujr said:

He saw that when the Prophet(ﷺ) stood up to pray he raised his hands till they were in front of his shoulders and placed his thumbs opposite his ears; then he uttered the Takbir (Allah is most great).

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 724).

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Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( حَتَّى كَانَتَا بِحِيَالِ مَنْكِبَيْهِ ) : بِكَسْرِ الْحَاء أَيْ قُبَالَتهمَا وَبِحِذَائِهِمَا ( وَحَاذَى بِإِبْهَامَيْهِ أُذُنَيْهِ ) : عَطْف عَلَى كَانَتَا أَيْ جَعَلَ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِبْهَامَيْهِ مُحَاذِيَيْنِ لِأُذُنَيْهِ. قَالَ الْمُنْذِرِيُّ : عَبْد الْجَبَّار بْن وَائِل لَمْ يَسْمَع مِنْ أَبِيهِ وَأَهْل بَيْته مَجْهُولُونَ. اِنْتَهَى. وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ لِوَائِلِ بْن حُجْرٍ اِبْنَانِ أَحَدهمَا عَبْد الْجَبَّار وَثَانِيهمَا عَلْقَمَة. وَالصَّحِيح أَنَّ عَبْد الْجَبَّار لَمْ يَسْمَع مِنْ أَبِيهِ وَأَنَّهُ وُلِدَ فِي حَيَاة أَبِيهِ وَائِل. وَمَا قَالَ التِّرْمِذِيّ فِي بَاب مَا جَاءَ فِي الْمَرْأَة إِذَا اُسْتُكْرِهَتْ عَلَى الزِّنَا سَمِعْت مُحَمَّدًا يَقُول ع…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakDaif ضعيف The hadith No. 724
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 724
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 724

Other versions

Weak Mishkat al-Masabih 802

Wa il b. Hujr said he saw that when the Prophet stood up to pray he raised his hands till they were in front of his shoulders and placed his thumbs opposite his ears, then he said the takbir. Abu Dawud transmitted it, and in a version by him it says that he raised his thumbs to the lobes of his…

وَعَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ: أَنَّهُ أَبْصَرَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى كَانَتَا بِحِيَالِ مَنْكِبَيْهِ وحاذى بإبهاميه أُذُنَيْهِ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ…

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  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (2104)قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ، حَتَّى كَانَتَا بِحِيَالِ مَنْكِبَيْهِ ، وَحَاذَى إِبْهَامَيْهِ أُذُنَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ
  • شرح السنة (559)قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلاةِ ، رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى كَانَتَا بِحِيَالِ مَنْكِبَيْهِ ، وَحَاذَى إِبْهَامَيْهِ أُذُنَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ
  • شرح معاني الآثار للطحاوي (711)إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَدًّا
  • فوائد تمام الرازي (1070)إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَدًّا
  • معجم ابن الأعرابي (2212)إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَدًّا

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