Sunan Abi Dawud 748 — Raising Hands Once Report

Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 748

This hadith is often searched as raising hands only once in prayer hadith. Alqamah reports that Abdullah ibn Masud asked if he should pray for them the way the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم prayed. He then prayed and raised his hands only once. Abu Dawud gives a clear warning after the report. He says this is a shortened version of a longer narration and that it is not authentic with this wording. That note matters because the hadith text itself tells us not to treat this exact wording without care. So the focus is not only on the act of raising hands once, but also on how hadith scholars checked wording before using it as proof.