Abu al-Waddak said: A youth from the Quraish passed in front of Abu Saeed Al-Khudri who was praying. He repulsed him. He returned again. He then repulsed him for the third time. When he finished the prayer, he said: Nothing cuts off prayer; but the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Repulse as much as you can, for he is just a devil. Abu Dawud said: If two traditions of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم conflict, the practice of the Companions after him should be taken into consideration.
Read More..Salim reported on the authority of his father (Ibn Umar): I saw the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم that when he began prayer, he used to raise his hands opposite his shoulders, and he did so when he bowed, and raised his head after bowing. Sufyan (a narrator) once said: “When he raised his head: ; and after he used to say: “When he raised his head after bowing. He would not raise (his hands) between the two prostrations.
Read More..Abdullah bin Umar said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم used to raise his hands opposite his shoulders when he began prayer, then he uttered takbir (Allah is most great) in the same condition, and then he bowed. And when he raised his back (head) after bowing he raised them opposite his shoulders, and said: “Allah listens to him who praises Him. ” But he did not raise his hand when he prostrated himself; he rather raised them when he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) before bowing until his prayer is finished.
Read More..Abd al-Jabbar bin Wail (bin Hujr) said: I was a small boy and I did not understand the prayer of my father. So Wail bin Alqamah reported Wail bin Hujr as saying: I offered prayer along with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. He used to raise his hands when he pronounced the takbir (Allah is most great), then pulled his garment around him, then placed his right hand on his left, and entered his hands in his garment. When he was about to bow he took his hands out of his garment, and then raised them. And when he raised his head after bowing, he raised his hands. He then prostrated himself and placed his face (forehead on the ground) between his hands. And when he raised his head after prostration, he also raised his hands until he finished his prayer. Muhammad (a narrator) said: I mentioned it to al-Hasan bin Abu al-Hasan who said: This is how the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم offered prayer; some did it and others abandoned it. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Hammam from ibn Juhadah, but he did not mention the raising of hands after he raised his head at the end of the prostration.
Read More..Wail bin Hujr said that he saw the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم raise his hands when he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great).
Read More..Wail bin Hujr said: He saw that when the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم stood up to pray he raised his hands till they were in front of his shoulders and placed his thumbs opposite his ears; then he uttered the Takbir (Allah is most great).
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