5/15. Chapter:
Sunan Ibn Majah 858 — Raising Hands in Salah
Raising the hands when bowing, and when raising the head from bowing
Raising Hands in Salah at Key Prayer Points
Sunan Ibn Majah : 858
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 858
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَهِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، وَأَبُو عُمَرَ الضَّرِيرُ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلاَةَ، رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُحَاذِيَ بِهِمَا مَنْكِبَيْهِ، وَإِذَا رَكَعَ، وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ. وَلاَ يَرْفَعُ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ .
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raising his hands until they were parallel to his shoulders when he started the prayer, and when he bowed in Ruku’, and when he raised his head from Ruku’, but he did not raise them between the two prostrations.”
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 858In-book reference : Book 5, Hadith 56English translation : Vol. 1, Book 5, Hadith 858
Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 858
Core Topic: Raising Hands. This Hadith reports what Ibn Umar saw from the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم in prayer. He saw him raise his hands until they were parallel to his shoulders when starting the prayer, when bowing in Ruku, and when raising his head from Ruku. The narration also says he did not raise his hands between the two prostrations. The Hadith is about a visible prayer action, often searched as raising hands in Salah or Rafa al-Yadain hadith. Its teaching is best kept close to the wording: when the hands were raised, how high they reached, and when they were not raised.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم raised his hands at the start of prayer.
- He raised his hands when going into Ruku and after rising from it.
- The hands were raised to shoulder level in this report.
- The narration says he did not raise them between the two prostrations.
