2/124. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 740 — Raising Hands After Prostration
The Beginning Of The Prayer
Raising Hands After Prostration: Ibn Tawus and Ibn Abbas Report
Sunan Abi Dawud : 740
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 740
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبَانَ، - الْمَعْنَى - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، - يَعْنِي السَّعْدِيَّ - قَالَ صَلَّى إِلَى جَنْبِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ طَاوُسٍ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْخَيْفِ فَكَانَ إِذَا سَجَدَ السَّجْدَةَ الأُولَى فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنْهَا رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ تِلْقَاءَ وَجْهِهِ فَأَنْكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ فَقُلْتُ لِوُهَيْبِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ وُهَيْبُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ تَصْنَعُ شَيْئًا لَمْ أَرَ أَحَدًا يَصْنَعُهُ فَقَالَ ابْنُ طَاوُسٍ رَأَيْتُ أَبِي يَصْنَعُهُ وَقَالَ أَبِي رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَصْنَعُهُ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَصْنَعُهُ .
Nadr ibn Kathir as-Sa'di Narrated from:
Abdullah ibn Tawus prayed at my side in the mosque of al-Khayf. When he made the first prostration, he raised his head after it and raised his hands opposite to his face. This came as something strange for me. I, therefore, said it to Wuhayb ibn Khalid. Then Wuhayb ibn Khalid said to him: You are doing a thing that I did not see anyone do. Ibn Tawus then replied: I saw my father doing it, and my father said: I saw Ibn Abbas doing it. I do not know but he said: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to do it.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 740In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 350English translation : Book 3, Hadith 739
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 740
This hadith about raising hands after prostration reports an action that surprised the narrator. Nadr ibn Kathir saw Abdullah ibn Tawus pray beside him in the mosque of al-Khayf. After the first prostration, Ibn Tawus raised his head and raised his hands opposite his face. Nadr found this strange and mentioned it to Wuhayb ibn Khalid. When asked, Ibn Tawus said he saw his father do it, and his father said he saw Ibn Abbas do it. The report then says, with some uncertainty in wording, that the Prophet used to do it. The hadith is about a narrated prayer action after sujud.
What we learn from this hadith
- The narrator asked about a prayer movement he did not know.
- Ibn Tawus traced the action through his father to Ibn Abbas.
- The report mentions raising the hands after the first prostration.
