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Ibn Umar said: When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم stood at the end of two rak’ahs, he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and raised his hands.
Narrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم stood for offering the obligatory prayer, he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and raised his hands opposite to his shoulders; and he did like that when he finished recitation (of the Quran) and was about to bow; and he did like that when he rose after bowing; and he did not raise his hands in his prayer while he was in his sitting position. When he stood up from his prostrations (at the end of two rak'ahs), he raised his hands likewise and uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and raised his hands so as to bring them up to his shoulders, as he uttered the takbir in the beginning of the prayer.
Malik bin al-Huwairith said: I saw the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم raise his hands when he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), when he bowed and when he raised his head after bowing until he brought them to the lobes of his ears.
Narrated Abu Hurairah: If I were in front of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم, I would see his armpits. Ibn Muadh added that Lahiq said: Do you not see, Abu Hurairah could not stand in front of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم while he was praying. Musa added: When he uttered the takbir, he raised his hands.
Narrated Abdullah ibn Masud: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم taught us how to pray. He then uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and raised his hands; when he bowed, he joined his hands and placed them between his knees. When this (report) reached Saad, he said: My brother said truly. We used to do this; then we were later on commanded to do this, that is, to place the hands on the knees.
Narrated Abdullah ibn Masud: Alqamah said: Abdullah ibn Masud said: Should I pray in the way the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم had performed it? He said: He prayed, raising his hands only once.
This tradition has also been transmitted by Sufyan through a different chain of narrators. This version has: He raised his hands once in the beginning. Some narrated: (raised his hands) once only.
Narrated Al-Bara ibn Azib: When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم began prayer, he raised his hands up to his ears, then he did not repeat.
This tradition has been narrated by Sufyan through a different chain of transmitters. This version does not have the words “then he did not repeat”. Sufyan said: The words “then he did not repeat“ were narrated to us later on at Kufah by him (Yazid). Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been transmitted by Hushaim, Khalid, and Ibn Idris from Yazid. They did not mention the words “then he did not repeat”
Narrated Al-Bara ibn Azib: I saw that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم 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.
Narrated Abu Hurairah: When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم began his prayer, he raised his hands extensively.