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Article ContentsAhadeeth and Athaar of Sahaba1. From Abu Bakr as-Siddiq r.a.2. From Umar bin al-Khattab r.a.3.From Ali bin Abi Talib r.a.4. From Malik bin Huwairith5. From Abu Humayd As-Saa’idi r.a. and 10 Companions of the Prophet blessings and peace be upon him6. From Abdullah bin Umar r.a.Hadeeth no: 1 from SalimHadeeth no: 2 from Nafi’Hadeeth no: 3 [Abdullah bin Umar used to throw pebbles at him who did not raise his hands before and after rukoo']7. From Abu Huraira8. From Anas bin Malik9. From Abu Moosa Al-Ash’aree10. From Waail bin Hujr11. From Ibn Abbas12. From Jabir bin Abdullah13. From Umm ad-Darda

All the Sahaba used to do Raf’-ul-yadain1. From Sa’eed bin Jubair, Great Tabi’ee2. From Hasan Basari (Tabi’ee)3. From Imam Bukhari

Debate of Abdullah bin Mubarak and Imam Abu Haneefa on Raf’-ul-yadain

Related Links

a) Magnificent analysis on the issue of Raising hands in prayer by Shaykh Abdul Rahman Mubarakpoori (Author of Tohfa tul Hawdhee Commentary of Sunan at-Tirmidhee) a must seeb) Hadith of Ibn Mas’ood is weak (where he raised his hands only once)c) ahadeeth of Rasing hands in prostrations are weakd) Reply to Ibraheem Nakh’ee Rahimahullah who said Waail bin Hujr saw one time and Ibn Mas’ood saw 50 times

Ahadeeth and Athaar of Sahaba

1. From Abu Bakr as-Siddiq r.a.

Abu Isma’eel Muhammad bin Isma’eel as-Sulamee said I prayed behind Abu Nu’man Muhammad bin Fadl and he raised his hands when beginning the prayer,when doing rukoo’ and when raising his head from rukoo’,so i(Abu Isma’eel) asked him regarding this,so he(Muhammad bin Fadl) said I prayed behind Hammad bin Zaid, he was rasing his hands when beginning the prayer, when doing rukoo’ and when raising his head from rukoo’,so i (Muhammad) asked  him regarding this,so he(Hammad) said I prayed behind Ayyub as-Sakhtiyani he was raising his hands when beginning the prayer, when doing rukoo’ and when raising his head from rukoo’,so i(Hammad) asked him,so he(Ayyub) said I saw Ata bin Abi Ribah he was raising his hands when beginning the prayer,when doing rukoo’ and when raising his head from rukoo’, so i(Ayyub as-Sakhtiyani) asked him,so he(Ata bin abi Ribah) said i prayed behind Abdullah bin Zubair(Sahabi) so he used to raise his hands when beginning the prayer, when doing rukoo’ and when raising his head from rukoo’,so I asked him, he said I prayed behind Abu Bakr as-Siddiq r.a. so he used to raise his hands when beginning the prayer, when doing rukoo’ and when raising his head from rukoo’, and Abu Bakr said i prayed behind Rasulullah s.a.w. so he used to raise his hands when beginning the prayer, when doing rukoo’ and when raising his head from rukoo’,

[Sunan al Kubra 2/73 hadeeth no: 2349 Baihaqi said after quoting ????? ???? Narrators are trustworthy, Dhahabi said narrators are trustworthy in Al Mudhab ikhtisaar sunan al kabeer 2/49 hadeeth no:1943 and Ibn Hajar Asqalani said Authenticated by Baihaiqi.(then he quoted hadeeth and said)narrators are trustworthy Talkhees al-Hubeer no: 328]

Comment: This is a beautiful hadeeth and proof for raising hands, and see the love of Sahaba, Tabi’een, Atbaa’ at-Tabi’een and later scholars who just heard the hadeeth and practiced Raf’-ul-yadain in their Prayers, May Allah bless them ameen.

(NOTE:Hammad bin Zaid and Ata bin Abu Ribah are renowned teachers of Imam Abu Haneefah, rahimahumullah)

Note:There is a weak hadeeth which says

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud says, ‘I prayed behind the Prophet, Abu Bakr, and Umar and they did not raise their hands except when beginning salah.’ {abu ya’laa 5039, daruqutni 1120, and baihaqi 2534, ibn al turkumani says that this is a jayyid (very good) supporting narration. The hadeeth contains Muhammad bin jabir bin sayyar who has been declared weak by some, reliable by others. Muhaddith dhafar ahmad uthmani discusses his position at length before concluding that this hadeeth is at least hasan See Ailaa as Sunnan (3/167)} [Taken from: http://www.muftisays.com/blog/Seifeddine-M/610_29-11-2010/detailed-account-of-salah-(prayer)(hanafi-madhab)-.-part-3.html]

Reply is that One of the The narrator is weak Muhammad bin Jabir, his full name is Muhammad bin Jabir Bin Siyyaar bin Tariq al Hanafee al Yamami Abu Abdullah see Taqreeb at Tahzeeb

This weak narrator Muhammad bin Jabir bin siyaar al yamami said “Abu Hanifa stole Hammad’s books from me.”[Al Jirha wa tadeel 8/450 no: 2062]

when these peole saw that this person is dgrading Imam Abu Haneefa rahimahullah then they accepted the reality that this is weak narrator, they quote jarh on Muhammad bin jabir see here http://www.ummah.net/Al_adaab/hanifa.html It says

Ibn Abi Hatim in al-Jarh wat-ta’dil (8:450) claims on the written authority of the same Ibrahim ibn Ya’qub al-Jawzajani that Ishaq ibn Rahawayh said: I heard Jarir say: Muhammad ibn Jabir al-Yamami said: “Abu Hanifa stole Hammad’s books from me”!

May Allah forgive Ibn Abi Hatim and all Abu Hanifa’s detractors for going to such extremes in attempting to discredit him. Such a mendacious report as the above is easily thrown out on the two bases of its chain and its text.

Its chain is weak due to Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Yamani whom Ibn Abi Hatim himself in al-Jarh (1:219) declared to be weak with the words: da’if kathir al-wahm, “He is weak and many times imagines things”! Others who declared this narrator as weak are: Ibn Ma’in in his Tarikh (3:507), al-Nasa’i in al-Du’afa’ wa al-matrukin (p. 533), ‘Uqayli in al-Du’afa’ (4:41), Ibn Hibban in al-Majruhin (2:270), Ibn ‘Adi in al-Kamil fi al-du’afa’ (6:2158), al-Dhahabi in al-Mughni fi al-du’afa’ (#5349), among others.(end quote from Link)

Comment: When he comes in the hadeeth of Raf’-ul-yadain then his hadeeth is hasan but when he says something against Imam Abu Haneefa then he is weak?!! we congratulate these people who accepted the truth that Muhammad bin Jabir is indeed weak.

2. From Umar bin al-Khattab r.a.

Abdullah bin Qasim(freed slave of Abu Bakr, Imam al-Mizzi said he had seen Umar tahdheeb al-kamal vol 10 page 21) said:

People were praying in the Mosque of Messenger of Allah s.a.w.,when Umar bin al-Khattab r.a. came and said, O people turn your faces towards me, i’ll pray in front of you prayer of Rasulullah s.a.w., the prayer he (peace be upon him) practiced and ordered. Then he (Umar) faced the Qiblah(Ka’bah) and raised his hands up to his shoulders and uttered takbeer..then he raised his hands up to his shoulders and uttered takbeer and did rukoo’ and he did same when he raised(his head from rukoo)… he said to the people this is how Rasulullah s.a.w. prayed in front of us

[Baihaqee in Khilafiyaat, Nasb ur-Ra'yah of Az-Zaila'ee Hanafee (1/416).Nafkh ush-Shuzee Commentary of sunan at-tirmidhee of Ibn Sayyid An-Naas (1 /217-218) who said all the narrators in this chain are reliable and acceptable, Musnad al-Farooq of Ibn Katheer vol 1 page 165]

Note: Hafiz Ibn al Qattan said Suleman Khurasani (the narrator of this hadeeth is unknown),

Reply no: 1

a) Hafiz Ibn Hibban mentioned him in trustworthy narrators (Kitab ath-Thiqaat)

b) Hafiz Dhahabi saidHE IS TRUSTWORTHY, Haiwah bin Shareeh, Sa’eed bin Abi Ayyub, Ibn Lahee’ah and Jama’ah Narrated from him.. Ibn Hibban said he is trustworthy[Al Kashif by Dahabee Vol 3 page 321]

c) Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said: Saying of Ibn al-Qattan is rejected [Noor ul Ainain Page no: 200]

Reply no: 2

a) Imam Bukhari said

It is narrated from Umar bin Khattab from Prophet peace be upon him, Jabir bin Abdullah from Prophet peace be upon him, Abu Huraira from Prophet peace be upon him, Abdullah bin Umair from his father from Prophet peace be upon him,Ibn Abbas from Prophet peace be upon him,Abu Moosa from Prophet peace be upon him that they said verily: Prophet peace be upon him raised his hands when doing ruku’ and after ruku’. (Bukhari said)the one who is sensible it is enough for him, what we recorded.[JUZ ul raf'-ul-yadain raqam 27]

Imam Bukhari said in reply to other hadeeth where it says Umar did not raised his handsIt is narrated from Umar he from Prophet peace be upon him with many chains that he raised his hands.

b) Imam Hakim said in reply to the hadeeth

al-Aswad who said, “I saw ‘Umar bin al-Khattab raise his hands in the first takbir then he did not repeat that.”

“This is shaadh (irregular/Odd), and therefore proof cannot be established using it and that it cannot be used to oppose the authentic narration from Tawus bin Kaysan; from ibn ‘Umar; that ‘Umar used to raise his hands when doing ruku‘ and when rising from it.” [Al Badar al Maneer 3/501]Ibn Hajar said: Narrated by Darqutni in Gharaib Malik, and Baihaqi, Imam al Hakim said this is ‘Mahfooz’ i.e. proven.[Talkhees al-Habbeer vol 1 page 396 no: 329]

Note: Hadeeth of al-Aswad from Umar where he raised his hand only once mentioned above is not proven

a) Imam Ibn Jawzi

said This Athar is not proven [Al Badar al Muneer 3/501, at-Tehqeeq fe Ikhtilaf al hadeeth Vol 1 page 1282 with al tanqeeh]

b) Abu Zur`a al-Razi also did kalam on this hadeeth [Ilal al Hadeeth vol 1 page 95]

Comment: Umar bin al-Khattab taught tabi’een to raise hands in start of the prayer rukoo’, after rukoo’ of the prayer in the mosque of Prophet peace be upon him(Masjid al-Nabawi) and the

hadeeth where he raised hands only once is weak as said by Imam Hakim, Ibn Jawzi, Abu Zur`a al-Razi

3.From Ali bin Abi Talib r.a.

It was narrated from ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib (may Allaah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) stood up to offer an obligatory prayer, he would say takbeer and raise his hands up to his shoulders, and he would do that when he had finished his recitation and wanted to bow, and he would do it when he rose from bowing, but he did not raise his hands at any point during his prayer when he was sitting, but when he stood up after Sajdatain (two prostrations/two Rakah) he would raise his hands likewise and say takbeer.[Ibne Majah hadeeth no: 864 chapter raising hands in rukoo and after rukoo]

Note: 1: Some people do jarh on Abdul Rahman bin abi Zinad (narrator of this hadeeth, let me provide tadeel mufassir on Jarha Mubham

Reply

[This hadeeth is Authenticated by Ibn Khuzaimah in his saheeh no: 584, Muhaqqiq of Ibn Khuzaimah Shaykh Mustafa Azami said chain is hasan, Tirmidhee said this hadeeth is hasan saheeh...I heard from Abu Ismaeel Tirmidhee: he said I heard from Sulaiman bin Dawood al-Hashmi mentioned this hadeeth and said this hadeeth is like the hadeeth of Zuhri from salim from his father (famous hadeeth of Ibne umar doing rafa yadain) Abdul Rahman Mubarakpuri said: meaning this hadeeth is in authentic ahadeeth chain of narrators are strongest.(see Tohfatul Hawdhi Sharah Tirmidhee hadeeth no:3423), Muhaqqiq of Ibne Majah shaykh Zubair Ali zai said chain is hasan and authenticated by Tirmidhee,Ahmad, Ibne Khuzaimah and Ibne Hibban see Ibne Majah hadeeth no: 864 chapter raising hands in rukoo and after rukoo (end), Shaykh Al Albani said Hasan, Shaykh Shoaib Aranoot said in Taleeq Musnad Ahmad Vol 2 Page 123 Hadeeth no: 717 “Chain is Hasan” Then he quoted “Khallal mentioned in Ilal From Ismaeel bin Ishaq Thaqfi that Imam Ahmad was asked about this hadeeth he said Authentic see Nasb al Raya 1/412”,Shaykh Ahmad Shakir said “Chain is Sahih” see Musnad Ahmad Vol 1 Page 479 hadith 717]

Comment:These muhadditheen authenticated this hadeeth and they knew the ahadeeth more then these people. Let me provide tadeel Mufassir on Abdul Rahman bin abi Zinad

a) Ali bin Madeeni (Shaykh of Bukhari) said:His hadeeth in Madinah was Muqarib and when he narrates in Iraq then he is Mudhtarib

When he narrates hadeein in Madinah he is authentic and when he narrates in Baghdad then this is fasaad of baghdadis [Seyar al Ailam al Nubala by Imam Dahabee, Source: http://www.islamweb.net/newlibrary/display_book.php?idfrom=1305&idto=1305&bk_no=60&ID=1206 ]

Ali bin Madeeni said:I have seen narrations of Suleman bin dawud al Hashmi through his rout, I found them Muqarib[Tareekh Baghdad 10/ 229 no: 359]

Comment: This narration of Suleman bin Dawud is through the rout of Abdul Rahman bin abi Zinad and muqarib is in the category of authentic ahadeeth.

b) adh-Dhahabi said:I say Nisai and others took evidence from him and his hadeeth is the type of hasan hadeeth

and he said:

I say he is Hasan in hadeeth and some took him as evidence [Seyar al Ailam al Nubala, Source: http://www.islamweb.net/newlibrary/display_book.php?bk_no=60&ID=&idfrom=1205&idto=1447&bookid=60&startno=100 ]

c) Hafiz Ibne Hajar said:Truthful, his memory becomes forgetful when he went to baghdad and he was faqeeh[at-Taqreeb]

Comment: This hadeeth is not from the people of Baghdad

d) Abdul Rahman Mubarakpoori said:Al Madnee Molaa quraish Truthful, he became forgetful when he visited baghdad and he was faqeeh of seventh category as mentioned in in at-Taqreeb and He said in Khulasah: Ibne Maieen said: If he narrates in madeenah he is authentic and it is mentioned in notes of Khulasah, mentioned from at-Tahdeeb. When he narrated in baghdad and Iraq he becomes mudhtarib [Source:http://islamweb.net.qa/newlibrary/display_book.php?bk_no=56&ID=32&idfrom=70&idto=75&bookid=56&startno=1]

Note 2: Here some people say that he Peace be upon him raised his hands after doing two prostrations while sitting, this is wrong

a) Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

What is meant by the two prostrations is undoubtedly two rak’ahs, as it says in the reports of the others. This was stated by the scholars, both muhadditheen and fuqaha’, except for al-Khattaabi, who thought that what was meant was the two well known prostrations, then he was confused about the hadeeth and said: I do not know of any of the fuqaha’ who said that. It is as if he did not study its isnaads; if he had studied them, he would have understood it as referring to two rak’ahs as the imams did.[Al-Majmoo’ (3/447).]

b) Shoaib Aranoot said: Meaning of Sajdatain (Prostration)..is Rakataan (Two Rakah) see Nasb al Raya 1/412 [Notes of Musnad Ahmad Vol 2 Page 123 Hadeeth no: 717]

Weak hadeeth from Ali R.a. on Rasing hands as follows:

Asim narrates from his father who narrates from Ali (ra) that he used to raise his hands only in the initial takbir and did not (raise) afterwards [Imam Baihaqi in Sunnan al-Kubra, Volume No. 2, Page No. 80, Published by Maktaba Dar al Baaz, Saudi Arabia]

Reply

Imam Baihaqi himself rejected this athar, i am astonished that these people are giving reference of Baihaqi but leaving what he said after the narration? This is what he quoted

1. Imam Uthman bin Sa’eed Ad-Darimi saidThis route is(Wahee) absurd from Ali, It is narrated from Abdul Rahman bin Harmaz al-Araj from Obaidullah bin abi Rafi from Ali he said: I saw Prophet peace be upon him raised his hands when doing rukoo’ and after that , he did same when he raised his head from rukoo…. (Sunan Kubra Al-Baihaqi 2/80 )

2. Baihaqi Continues, he said Zafrani said that Imam Shafi’ee said

This is not proven from Ali and Ibn Mas’ood….Imam Shafi’ee rahimahullah said Narration of Asim bin Kulaib from his father from Ali.???? ?? ???? This is narrated from (same) Asim bin Kulaib from his Father from Wail bin Hujr that Prophet peace be upon him raised his hands, same is narrated from Ibn Umar…. ( Sunan Al-Kubra Al-Baihaqi 2/81 )

Comment: How beautifully Imam Shafi’ee is replying to the fact that how can we take this hadeeth for an evidence when. Asim bin Kulaib narrated from his father and he from wail bin hujr that Prophet peace be upon him raise his hands in prayer, then Imam Shafee said same Asim bin kulaib narrated practice of raising hands from Prophet peace be upon him with the rout of Ibne Umar.(Note that lone narrations of Asim bin Kulaib are not evidence as said by teacher of Bukhari (Ali bin Madeeni))

These are the narrations with the rout Asim bin Kulaib where raising hands in rukoo is mentioned (as said by Imam Ash-Shafi’ee)

a) With the rout of Asim bin Kulaib from his father from Wail bin Hujr

Bukhari said: Muslim bin Ibraheem narrated to us; Shu’bah narrated ho him; Asim bin Kulaib narrated to him from his father and he from Wail bin Hujr Al-Hadramee that he prayed with Prophet peace be upon him . When he said Takbeer he raised his hands and when he intended to make do rukoo he raised his hands

[Juz u Raf'-ul-yadain hadeeth no: 27 Muhaqqiq of Juzz Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said The chain is authentic, Authenticated by Imam Ibne Khuzaimah in his Saheeh hadeeth no: 697 and 698, Muhaqqiq of Ibn Khuzaima Mustafa Azami said Chain is authentic]

b) With the rout of Asim bin Kulaib from Muharib bin Dethaar from Ibn Umar

Bukhari said: Narrated to us Ishaq bin Ibraheem al Hanzalee; Muhammad bin Fazeel narrated to fim from Asim bin Kulaib from Muharib bin Dethaar; He said I saw Ibne Umar Rasing hands before rukoo, I talked with him regarding this, he said: Prophet peace be upon him raised his hands after two rakah (when rising for third Ra’kah)

[Juz u Raf'-ul-yadain hadeeth no: 26, Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said: The chain is authentic, the narration from Muharib bin dethaar has also the words of raising hands after rukoo see hadeeth no: 48]

See more criticism on the hadeeth of Ali ra by Imam Bukhari in his Juzz hadeeth no: 11,Sufyan Thawri rejected this athar [Juzz raf'-ul-yadain hadeeth no: 11] Imam Ahmad rejected this narration from Ali in [Masail e Ahmad Vol Page 343], Ibn Malaqqan said weak, it can not be taken as evidence [Al Badar al Maneer 3/499]

Shaykh Zubair Ali zai said after saying this is weak “Later people saying this is hasan or authentic is not correct because It is clear that Muhadditheen knew weakness and authentications of their ahadeeth (with their chains) more then other people”[In the notes of Juzz Rafa yadain Bukhari hadeeth no: 11]

Shaykh Muhammad ‘Abdur-Rahmân bin Abdur-Rahîm al-Mubârakpûrî said:

I say: Al-‘Asim bin Kulayb is alone in reporting this narration. Adh-Dhahabi said in al-Mizan, “he was from the servants and Awliya, but he was a Murji’, Yahya bin Ma‘in and others declared him trustworthy. Ibn al-Madini said, ‘he is not relied upon in what he is alone in reporting’ ”

If we were to accept that this narration is authentic, then it does not constitute evidence to support abrogation [of raising hands at ruku‘] as at-Tahawi and others think. The author of at-Ta‘liq al-Mumjad (i.e. al-Luknawi) from the Hanafi scholars said, “at-Tahawi mentioned after this narration from ‘Ali: ‘ ‘Ali did not see the Prophet (SAW) raise his hands and then leave acting on it except that its abrogation was established with him.’ This claim is problematic, for it is possible that the leaving of ‘Ali, and likewise ibn Mas‘ud and other Companions, if it is established from them, is because they did not see this action to be a stressed Sunnah, necessitating acting by it. Indeed it is not safe to abrogate an established command of the Prophet (SAW) purely based on good opinion of a Companion when the possibility of reconciling the action of the Messenger (SAW) with the action of the Companion exists.”[Tuhfatu-l-Ahwadhî bi Sharh Jâmi‘ at-Tirmidhî’ 2/98 Translated by Abu Rumaysah]

Comment: So here we have six classical muhadditheen criticising this narration of Ali and accepting the hadeeth where Ali raised his hands in rukoo and after rukoo.

4. From Malik bin Huwairith

Imam Ibn Khuzaimah may Allaah have mercy on him (223h -311h) proved from the hadeeth of Malik that it is Order of Prophet peace be upon him to raise hands in rukoo and after rukoo, he made whole chapter in Saheeh Ibn Khuzaimah

Chapter: The evidence that the Prophet peace be upon him commanded to Raise hands when intending to go for rukoo and when getting up from it

Hadeeth no 575: Narrated Abu Qilaba:

I saw Malik bin Huwairith saying Takbir and raising both his hands (on starting the prayers and raising his hands on bowing and also on raising his head after bowing. Malik bin Huwairith said, “Allah’s Apostle did the same.”

Hadeeth no: 576: Narrated Malik bin Huwairth: We came to the Prophet and we were (a few) young men of approximately equal age and stayed with him for twenty nights. Then he thought that we were anxious for our families, and he asked us whom we had left behind to look after our families, and we told him. He was kindhearted and merciful, so he said, “Return to your families and teach them (religious knowledge) and order them (to do good deeds) and offer your prayers in the way you saw me offering my prayers, and when the stated time for the prayer becomes due, then one of you should pronounce its call (i.e. the Adhan), and the eldest of you should lead you in prayer

Abu Bakar (Imam Ibn Khuzaimah) said that The Prophet peace be upon him commanded Malik bin Huwairith and Young people who were with him to pray as they saw Prophet peace be upon him to pray, And Malik bin Huwairith knew that Prophet peace be upon him raised his hands when he said takbeer to pray and when he did rukoo’ and when he raised his head from rukoo’, This indicates that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) enjoined raising the hands when the worshipper wants to bow, and when he raises his head from bowing. Every phrase that has been narrated concerning this shows that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) raised his hands when he bowed. This is like the verse in which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “O you who believe! When you intend [lit. get up] to offer As-Salaah (the prayer), wash your faces …” [al-Maa'idah 5:6]. Allaah enjoined washing the parts of the body that are washed in wudoo’ when a person intends to pray, not after he starts to do it. What is meant by the phrase “When you intend [lit. get up] to offer As-Salaah” is when you intend to do it. The same is meant by the phrase “he would raise his hands when he bowed” i.e., when he wanted to bow, as in the report of ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib and Ibn ‘Umar, who said: “When he wanted to bow.”[Saheeh Ibn Khuzaymah (1/296)]

Comment: How beautifully Imam Ibn Khuzaimah proved that raising hands is order of Prophet peace be upon him, May Allah grant him the highest rank of paradise with Prophet peace be upon him ameen.

5. From Abu Humayd Al-Saa`idi and 10 Companions of Prophet peace be upon him

It was narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Amr ibn ‘Ata’ that Abu Humayd al-Saa’idi said: I heard him when he was among ten of the companions of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), one of whom was Abu Qataadah ibn Rib’i, saying, I am the most knowledgeable of you about the prayer of the Messenger of Allaah (S). They said: You are not among the senior of us in terms of companionship and you are not among those who met him often. He said: Yes I was. They said: Then tell us. He said: When the Messenger of Allaah

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) stood up to pray, he stood up straight and raised his hands until they were in line with his shoulders. When he wanted to bow in rukoo’, he raised his hands until they were in line with his shoulders, then he said “Allaahu akbar” and bowed, and he made his backbone straight, neither raising his head nor lowering it, and he put his hands on his knees. Then he said “Sami’a Allaahu liman hamidah (Allaah hears those who praise Him),” and raised his hands and stood up straight until every bone went back to its place. Then he went down in prostration, then he said “Allaahu akbar” and held his upper arms away from his body and spread out his toes. Then he would tuck his foot under his body and sit on it. Then he sat upright until every bone has returned to its place. Then he went down in prostration. Then he said Allaahu akbar and tucked his foot under his body and sat on it. Then he sat upright until every bone has returned to its place. Then he got up, then he did likewise in the second rak’ah , and when he stood up after two rak’ahs, he said takbeer and raised his hands until they were in line with his shoulders, as he did when he started the prayer, then he did likewise until, in the rak’ah with which he ended his prayer, he pushed back his right foot and sat on his left buttock mutawarrikan (with the left upper thigh on the ground and both feet protruding from one (i.e., the right) side), then he said the salaam. They(i.e 10 Sahaba) said you are truthful, It was the Prayer of Prophet peace be upon him

Narrated by al-Tirmidhi (304), Abu Dawood (730), al-Nasaa’i (1181) and Ibn Majaah (862),Ibne Khuzaimah in his Saheeh hadeeth no: 587,588. Juzz al Rafa yadain Imam Bukhari hadeeth no: 3, Muhaqqiq of Juzz al Rafa yadain said: This hadeeth is Authentic, Authenticated by Ibne Khuzaimah,Ibne Hibban, Ibn al Jarud, Tirmidhee, and Ibne Tamiyah(end quote), al-Nawawi authenticated in al-Majmoo’ (3/447)

a) After quoting the narration Imam Ibn Khuzaimah Said:I heard (My teacher) Muhammad bin Yahya saying:: ‘One who after hearing this narration does not raise his hands whilst going into rukoo and raising from it then, his prayer is deficient’. [Saheeh Ibn Khuzaimah under the hadeeth no: 589 Vol 1 Page 298]

b) Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah havemercy on him) said:This hadeeth of Abu Humayd is asaheeh hadeeth that accepted (by the scholars) and has no faults. Some people regarded it as having faults but Allaah and the scholars of hadeeth showed it to be free of such faults. We will mention the faults they ascribed to it, then we will explain what is wrong with their thinking [Haashiyat Ibn al-Qayyim 'alaTahdheeb Sunan Abi Dawood (2/295)].

6. From Abdullah bin Umar

Hadeeth no: 1 from Salim) Narrated Salim bin ‘Abdullah: My father said, “Allah’s Apostle used to raise both his hands up to the level of his shoulders when opening the prayer; and on saying the Takbir for bowing. And on raising his head from bowing he used to do the same and then say “Sami a-l-lahu Liman hamida, Rabbana walaka-l-hamd.” And he did not do that (i.e. raising his hands) in prostrations. (Bukhari Book #12, Hadith #702)

a) Tirmidhee said After quoting this hadeeth

The ahâdîth pertaining to this topic are related from ‘Umar, ‘Alî, Wa’il bin Hujr, Mâlik bin Huwayrith, Anas, Abû Hurayrah, Abû Hâmid, Abû Usayd, Sahl bin Sa’d, Muhammad bin Muslimah, Abû Qatâdah, Abû Mûsâ al-Ash’arî, Jâbir and ‘Umair al-Laythî.

Abû ‘Isâ said: the hadîth of ibn ‘Umar is hasan sahîh and some of the People of Knowledge from the Companions of the Prophet (SAW) held this view [stated in the hadîth]. From amongst them were: ibn ‘Umar, Jâbir bin ‘Abdullâh, Abû Hurayrah, Anas, ibn ‘Abbâs, ‘Abdullâh bin Zubair and others. From amongst the Tâbi’în were: Hasan al-Basrî, ‘Atâ, Tâwûs, Mujâhid, Nâfi’, Sâlim bin ‘Abdullâh, Sa’îd bin Jubair and others.

And of this opinion were Mâlik, Ma’mar, Awzâ’î, ibn ‘Uyaynah, ‘Abdullâh bin Mubârak, ash-Shâfi’î, Ahmad and Is’hâq.

‘Abdullâh bin Mubârak said, “the hadîth of the one who raises his hands is established,” and he mentioned the hadîth of Sâlim from his father [i.e. no. 255 & 256], “and the hadîth of ibn Mas’ûd is not established,’That the Prophet (SAW) did not raise his hands except the first time’ This has been reported to us from Ahmad bin ‘Abdah al-Amulî; Wahb bin Zam’ah narrated to us; from Sufyân bin ‘Abdi-l-Malik; from ‘Abdullâh bin al-Mubârak.

Yahyâ bin Mûsâ narrated to us; Ismâ’îl bin Abî Awais narrated to us that Mâlik bin Anas was of the opinion that one raises the hands in prayer.

Yahyâ said; ‘Abdur-Razzâq narrated to us that Ma’mar was of the opinion that one raises the hands in prayer.

I heard al-Jârûd bin Mu’âdh saying that Sufyân bin ‘Uyaynah, ‘Umar bin Hârûn and an-Nadr bin Shumayl used to raise their hands when they commenced the prayer, when they went into ruku’ and when they rose their heads [from it].. (end quote from Sunan at-Tirmidhee Translated by Abu Rumaysah)

b) Imam Bukhari said after quoting hadeeth of Ibne Umar with the rout of Salim

Ali bin Abdullah bin (Madeeni) who was the most knowledgeable of the people of his time.said after hearing the hadeeth of Zuhri (from) Salim (from) his Father (Ibne Umar), “It is the duty of the Muslims to raise their hands [Juzz al Rafa yadain no: 2]

Hadeeth no: 2 from Nafi’: Narrated Nafi’: Whenever Ibn ‘Umar started the prayer with Takbir, he used to raise his hands: whenever he bowed, he used to raise his hands (before bowing) and also used to raise his hands on saying, “Sami a-l-lahu Liman hamida”, and he used to do the same on rising from the second Rak’a (for the 3rd Rak’a). Ibn ‘Umar said: “The Prophet used to do the same.” [Bukhari Book #12, Hadith #706, Juzz al Rafa yadain no: 40]

a) Imam Bukhari said after quoting the rout from Nafi

The scholars I have see from Hijaz and Iraq in them are: Abdullah bin Zubair (al humedi), Ali bin Abdullah bin Jafar (Al madeeni), Yahya bin Maieen, Ahmad bin Humble and Ishaq bin

Rahwee. These were great scholars of their era. Not even single scholar had hadeeth of not raising hands from Prophet peace be upon him nor from Companions of Prophet peace be upon him [Juzz al Rafayadain after hadeeth no: 40]

Abdullah bin Umar used to hit stones

Hadeeth no: 3) Nafi said Abdullah bin Umar used to hit small stones to those who were not practicing rafayadain in ruku and after ruku[Juzz Rafayadain al Bukhari no:15, Imam an-Nawawi said chain is authentic Majmoo Sharah Mudhab 3/405]

Ibn al-Qayyim said: “Look at the practice at the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and the Sahaabah after him. They used to raise their hands in prayer when doing rukoo’, and when standing up again. And in the time of the Sahaabah, if ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar saw someone not raising his hands in prayer, he would throw a stone at him. [I'laam al-Muwaqqi'een, 2/376].

These tabiyeen Narrated practice of Raising hands from Abdullah bin Umar

1. Nafi [Sahih Bukhari]2. Muharib bin Desaar [Musnad abi Y`ala 2/246, Juzz al Rafayadain Bukhari no: 48]3. Tawoos [Juzz al Rafayadain no: 28]4. Salim [Sahih Bukhari, Juzz Rafa yadain no:77]5. Abu al Zubair [Masail e Imam Ahmad Riwayat Abdullah bin Ahmad Vol 1 page 244]

7. From Abu Huraira

Narrated AbuHurayrah: When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) for prayer (in the beginning), he raised his hands opposite to his shoulders; and when he(intended to) bow, he did like that; and when he raised his head(from rukoo and intended) to prostrate, he did like that; and when he got up at the end of two rak’ahs, he did like that.

[Authenticated by Ibne Khuzaimah in his Saheeh hadeeth no: 694,695, Muhaqqiq of Ibne Khuzaimah Mustafa Azami said chain is authentic, Hafiz Ibne Hajar Asqalani said Narrators are the narrators of saheeh Talkhees al Hubeer vol 1 page 396 no: 329, Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said: This narratiion is Hasan by combining all its routs Noor ul Ainain page: 332]

Ata bin abi Ribah said

I prayed with Abu Huraira he raised his hand and uttered takbeer, and he raised hands when (he intended) to do rukoo[Juzz Rafayadain Imam Bukhari no: 22]

8. From Anas bin Malik

Asim Al-Ahool said i saw Anas bin Malik may Allah be please with him he raised his hands in the beginning of prayer and uttered takbeer, he raised his hands (when he intended to do) rukoo, and when he raised his head from rukoo [Juzz al Rafa yadain no: 20 and 65]

9. From Abu Moosa Al-Ash`aree

Abu Moosa Ash`aree said let me show you the prayer of Prophet peace be upon him, then he said takbeer and raised his hands, then he uttered takbeer for rukoo and raised his hands, then he said “Sami Allahu Liman Hamidah” and again he raised his hands, Thus do like this and do not raise hands in prostrations. [Sunan ad-Darqutni 1111]

There is another moquf narration (own practice) of Abu Moosa Asharee where he raised his hands in rukoo and after rukoo [Masail e Imam Ahmad bin Hamble with the narration of Saleh bin Ahmad bin Hamble page 174, Al Awsat Ibne Muzar Nesaboori 3/138, Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said this is authentic from both routs Marfoo and Moquf Noor ul Ainain page no: 119]

10. From Wail bin Hujr

Wa’il b. Hujr reported: He saw the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) raising his hands at the time of beginning the prayer and reciting takbir, and according to Hammam (the narrator), the hands were lifted opposite to ears. He (the Holy Prophet) then wrapped his hands in his cloth and placed his right hand over his left hand. And when he was about to bow down, he brought out his hands from the cloth, and then lifted them, and then recited takbir and bowed down, and when (he came back to the erect position) he recited:” Allah listened to him who praised Him.” And when prostrates. he prostrated between the two palms. (Sahih Muslim Book #004, Hadith #0792)

Imam Bukhari narrated, Wail bin Hujr said Prophet peace be upon him raised his hands while doing rukoo and while raising his head from rukoo[Juzz Rafa yadain Bukhari no: 23]

Imam Bukhari said in his Juzz in reply of the saying of Ibraheem who said maybe he saw Prophet peace be upon him only onceHe is Wail who narrated in his hadeeth that he saw one after another Prophet peace be upon him and his Companions raising their hands [Juzz Rafayadain no: 71]

Note: Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said the saying of Ibraheem an-Nakhaee is not proven

Note 2:Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai mentioned in Noor ul Ainain”Wail bin Hujr visited Prophet peace be upon him in 9th h [Al Bidaya wal Nihaya vol 5 page 71],

Aini hanafi said: Wail bin Hujr accepted Islam in Madeenah on 9th h[Umda tul Qari Vol 5 Page 274 under the hadeeth no: 735]

It is mentioned in Saheeh Ibn Hibban that he visited Prophet peace be upon him next year in winter Vol 3 page 169 hadeeth no: 1857 [meaning he visited him in 10th h again] and he saw Raising hands this year again [Sunan Abi Dawud no: 727] (end quote)

Shaykh Tayyb ur Rahman Said: Prophet peace be upon him died in 11th h and there is no evidence that this(rafa yadain) is abrogated [Namaz e Nabvi page 134]

11. From Ibne Abbas

Abu Hamza Mola Bani Asad (Imran bin Abi Ata Tabiyee) said, I saw Ibne Abbas, He raised his hands in the beginning of the prayer, and In Rukoo, and when he raised his head from rukoo

[Musannif Abdul Razzaq 2/269 hadeeth no: 2523,Musannif Ibne Abi Shaibah 1/234 hadeeth no: 2431,Masail e Imam Ahmad ba riwayah Abdullah bin Ahmad hadeeth no: 331 Juzz al Rafa yadain Bukhari hadeeth: 21, Muhaqqiq of Juzz Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said: Authentic: Hasheem mentioned his sama and Abu Hamza is Trustworthy according to Majority of Muhadditheen, he is narrator of sahih Muslim, This chain is hasan see other routs (of this hadeeth) in Noor ul Ainain page 125 ]

It is authentically proven from Tawoos that

He saw Abdullah bin Umar, Abdullah bin Abbas and Abdullah bin Zubair raising their hands in prayer, and he(tawoos) showed that raise your hands in first takbeer more then other (rukoo and after rukoo) takbeer, Ibne Juraij asked: Is this reached you (from Sahaba) that raising hands in first takbeer should be more then other takbeer? Tawoos said no.[Juzz al Rafa yadain hadeeth no: 28]

See other chains and similar text from Ibne Abbas in Juzz Rafa yadain hadeeth no: 56 and 61

12. From Jabir bin Abdullah

Abu al-Zubair said Jabir bin Abdullah Raised his hands in the beginning of the prayer he did same while doing Rukoo and after Rukoo and said I saw Prophet of Allah peace be upon him doing same, Ibraheem bin Tahman(the narrator showed) raised his hands up to his ears

[Imam Behaqi narrated in in Khilafiyaat and said this hadeeth is authentic, Imam Ibne Majah in Sunan Ibne Majah hadeeth no: 868 Muhaqqiq of Sunan Ibne Majah Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said Chain is Hasan Abu al-Zubair quoted his sama in Musnad al-Siraaj 1/25]

Note: These are words from Musnad Al Siraj

Abu al-Zubair said I saw Jabir bin Abdullah Raised his hands in the beginning of the prayer and while doing Rukoo and after raising his head from Rukoo and he has not raised in between, I(Abu al-Zubair) asked what is this? He(Jabir) said I saw Messenger of Allah peace be upon him praying[Musnad al-Siraaj hadeeth no: 93]

13. From Umme Darda

Abdarba bin Suleman bin Umeir (Shami) said:I saw Umme Darda, she raised her hands in prayer up to shoulders in start of the prayer, and

when she (indended) to do rukoo and when (Imam) said Same Allahu Liman Hamidah she raised her hands and said Rabbana Lakal Hamd.[Juzz al Rafa yadain hadeeth no: 25]

Muhaqqiq Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said: The chain is Hasan, This narration is also in Tareekh al Kabeer 6/78

Note no: 1 “Abdarba is trustworthy according to Ibne Hibban (Kitab at Thiqqaat 7/153) and Marwan bin Muhammad ad-Damashqee (Tareekh Damishq of Abu Zura ad-Damashqee no: 650)”Note no: 2 “The Narration of Ismaeel bin Ayaash from people of Sham is Hasan and powerful see books of Asma al Rijaal like Tahdeeb at Tahdeeb and others”(end quote)

Imam Bukhari after quoting above Narration said:The wives of some companions of Prophet peace be upon him were more knowledgable then these people because they were practicing rafa yadain in Prayer[Juzz al Rafa yadain hadeeth no: 25]

All the Sahaba used to do Rafa yadain

1. From Saeed bin Jubair, Great Tabi`ee

Sa`eed bin Jubair (Great Tabi`ee) was asked about Raf’ al-yadain in prayer, he said this is decoration of prayer of the person, and the companions of messenger of Allah peace be upon him

raised their hands in beggining of the prayer and while doing rukoo and after raising heads from rukoo [Sunan Al Kubra Behaqi Vol 2 page 75 hadeeth no: 2355, Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said

Chain is authentic

1 .Imam Abu Abdullah Hakim famouse Imam author of al Mustadrak2 .Muhammad bin Saleh bin Hani was Trustworthy [Al Muntazim 4/86]3 .Yaqub bin Yusaf al-Akhram Trustworthy [Tareekh al Islam by Dahabee 21/338]4 .Al Hasan bin Esa was trustworthy [at-Taqreeb:1288]5 .Abdullah bin Mubaraq was trustworthy Imam Mujahid [at-Taqreeb:3570]6 .Abdul Malik bin abi Suleman was Trustworthy Imam [Meezan al Aitedaal:2/656]

(2 .From Hasan Basree (Tabi`ee)

Imam Bukhari narrated from Hasan Basree when he was replying to the weak hadeeth of Ibne Umar where he raised his hands only once, Bukhari said:

For verily Musaddad narrated to us: He said narrated to us Yazeed bin Zaree from Shobah from Qatadah from Al Hasan he said: Companions of Prophet peace be upon him used to raise their

hands like they are fans in rukoo and when they raised their heads from rukoo[Juzz al Rafayadain hadeeth no: 29 Authenticated by Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai]

3 .From Imam Bukhari

This is comprehensive and beautiful saying of Imam Bukhari

Imam Bukhari said: “It was narrated by seventeen companions that they raise their hands at the time they intend to make Roko’ and after rising up from Roko’. Examples of those:

Abu Qutada AL-Ansari, Abi Osaid Al-Sa’edi Al-Badri, Muhammad bin Muslama al Badree, Sahl Bin sa’d Al-Sa’edi, Abdullah bin Umar bin al-Khattab, Abdullah Bin Abbas bin Abdul

Mutlib al-Hashmi, Anas Bin malik the servant of the prophet, Abu Huraira ad-Dawsi , Abdullah bin Umar bin Al-A’aas, Abdullah bin Al-Zubair bin Al-Awam Qarshee, Wael Bin Hajar AL-

Hadrami, Malik bin Al-Huwairith, Abu Musa Al-Asha’ari, Abu Hameed Al-sa’edi AL-Ansari May Allah be pleased with all of them

Hasan (basree tabiyee) and Hameed bin Bilal said, Companions of Prophet peace be upon him used to do rafa yadain, he (Hasan) did not exclude anyone companions of Prophet peace be upon

him. This is not proven according to people of knowledge that Companions did not raised their hands, Rafa yadain is narrated from many of the Sahaba like I mentioned, This was narrated, as

well, by many scholars from the people of Mecca, Hijaz, Iraq, Shaam, Basrah, Yemen and some of the scholars of khuarsan like Sa’eed bin Jubair, A’taa Bin rabah, , Mujahid, Al-Qasim bin

Muhammad, Salim bin Abdullah bin Omar, Umar bin Abdulaziz, Al-Nu’man bin Abi Ayyash, Al-Hassan, Ibn Sereen, tawoos, Ibn makhool, Abdullah bin Dinar,Nafi, Obaidullah bin Umar Al Hasan bin Muslim, Qais bin Sad and many other scholars, It is narrated from Umme Darda that

she used to do rafa yadain, Ibn al Mubarak also used to do rafa yadain, Students of Aam students of Ibn al Mubarak used to do rafa yadain like Ali bin Hasan, Abdullah bin Uthman and Yahya

bin Yahya,

And from muhaddithoon of Bukhara like Esa bin Musa, Kab bin Saeed, Muhammad bin Salam, Abullah bin Muhammad al Musnadee, There is no dispute in these scholars we mentioned,

Abdullah bin Zubair (al-Humedi), Ali bin Abdullah (Al-Madeeni, Yahya bin Maieen, Ahmad bin Humble, Ishaq bin Ibraheem (Rahwee)consideret the ahadeeth of Rafayadain authentic, and

these people were among the great scholars of their era and This(Rafayadain) is also narrated from Abdullah bin Umar bin al-Khattab . [ Juzz al Rafayadain by imam Al-Bukhari:after the

hadeeth of Ali radhiAllah anho hadeeth no: 1]

Debate of Abdullah bin Mubarak and Imam Abu Haneefa on Rafa yadain

Abdullah bin Mubarak said: I was praying next to Noman (Abu Haneefah), I raisied my handsUpon this, Abu Haneefah said to him I Don’t fear but do you intend to fly off some place’?

Ibn Mubaarak replied: .” I replied to him saying, “if I did not try to fly at the first [raising] then I was not trying to fly at the second.” ‘ al-Wakî’ said, ‘may Allâh have mercy upon ibn al-

Mubârak, he used to have his answers ready.’ ” other person was astonished”

[This is reported in, juz Raf al-Yadain of Bukhaari hadeeth no: 46,As Sunnah of Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Hamble no: 518,Tareekh Baghdad vol 13 page 405, Sunan al Kubra Behaqi vol 2 page 82, Al Muntazim Ibne Jozi vol 8 page 136, Taweel Mukhtalif al hadeeth Ibne Qutabiyah page 66 mentioned by Shaykh Zubair in Al Asaneed as Saheeha fe akhbar abi haneefa no:29 to 31]

Related Links

a) Magnificent analysis on the issue of Raising hands in prayer by Shaykh Abdul Rahman Mubarakpoori (Author of Tohfatul-Hawdhee Commentary of Sunan at-Tirmidhee) a must see

http://abdurrahman.org/salah/onraisingthehands.html

b) Hadith of Ibn Mas’ood is weak (where he raised his hands only once)

http://www.systemoflife.com/articles/general/264-weak-hadith-on-rafaydain

c) ahadeeth of Rasing hands in prostrations are weak

http://www.systemoflife.com/articles/refutation/194-refutation-of-raising-hands-in-sajood-prostration

d) Reply to Ibraheem Nakh’ee Rahimahullah who said Wail bin Hujr saw one time and Ibne Masood saw 50 times (here is reply by Imam Bukhari)

http://www.ahlalhdeeth.com/vbe/showthread.php?t=190 (see peost no: 2 by Ayman bin Khaled)

Note: Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai said the saying of Ibraheem is not proven because Amash is Mudallis and he is narrating from (an