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Sunan Abi Dawud 744 — Prophet’s Hand Raising in Prayer
Those Who Mentioned That He Should Raise His Hands After Standing Up After Two Rak'ah
The Prophet’s Hand Raising in Obligatory Prayer
Sunan Abi Dawud : 744
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 744
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْهَاشِمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، - رضى الله عنه - عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ كَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَذْوَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ وَيَصْنَعُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ إِذَا قَضَى قِرَاءَتَهُ وَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ وَيَصْنَعُهُ إِذَا رَفَعَ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَلاَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَىْءٍ مِنْ صَلاَتِهِ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ وَإِذَا قَامَ مِنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ كَذَلِكَ وَكَبَّرَ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ فِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ حِينَ وَصَفَ صَلاَةَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ كَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا مَنْكِبَيْهِ كَمَا كَبَّرَ عِنْدَ افْتِتَاحِ الصَّلاَةِ .
Ali ibn AbuTalib Narrated from:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) 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 Qur'an) 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.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 744In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 354English translation : Book 3, Hadith 743
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 744
This hadith explains raising hands in obligatory prayer in a detailed way. Ali ibn Abu Talib reports that when the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم stood for the obligatory prayer, he said the takbir and raised his hands opposite his shoulders. He did the same after finishing recitation and before bowing. He also did it when rising after bowing. The hadith clearly says he did not raise his hands while sitting in prayer. When he stood after the two prostrations, meaning after two rakahs, he raised his hands and said takbir. Abu Dawud also mentions a report of Abu Humaid about the Prophet’s prayer, where the hands were raised to shoulder level when standing after two rakahs, just as at the opening takbir.
What we learn from this hadith
- The hadith lists several points where raising hands in prayer is mentioned.
- It states that hands were not raised while sitting in prayer.
- It connects takbir with raising the hands when standing after two rakahs.
- The hand level mentioned is opposite the shoulders.
