Sunan Abu Dawood 721

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..

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..

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). ..

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). ..

Narrated Wail ibn Hujr: I purposely looked at the prayer of the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم, how he offered it. The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم stood up, faced the direction of the qiblah and uttered the takbir (Allah is..

The above tradition has been transmitted by Asim bin Kulaib through a different chain of narrators and to the same effect. This version has: “He then placed his right hand on the back of his left palm and his wrist and forearm. ” This also adds: “I..