Hadith 37969

Chapter 5

باب 5

(5) باب مَوْضِعِ الإِبْهَامَيْنِ عِنْدَ الرَّفْعِ

(5) Chapter: Location of the thumbs when raising the hands (RU)
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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ وَائِلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلاَةَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى تَكَادَ إِبْهَامَاهُ تُحَاذِي شَحْمَةَ أُذُنَيْهِ .

It was narrated from Abdul-Jabbar bin Wa'il, from his father, that:
He saw the Prophet (ﷺ), when he started to pray, raise his hands until his thumbs were almost level with his earlobes. (RU)

Reference (RU): Sunan an-Nasa'i 882 (RU)

In-book reference (RU): Book 11, Hadith 7 (RU)

English translation (RU): Vol. 2, Book 11, Hadith 883 (RU)