| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27477 | | Abu Mahdhurah reported; I said; Messenger of Allah; teach me the method of ADHAN how to pronounce the call to prayer. He wiped my forehead with his hand and asked me to pronounce; Allah is most great. Allah is most great. Allah is most great. Allah is most great; raising your voice while saying them these words. Then you must raise your voice in making the testimony: I testify that there is no god but Allah; I testify that there is no god but Allah; I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Lowering your voice while saying them these words. Then you must raise your voice in making the testimony: I testify that there is no god but Allah; I testify there is no god but Allah; I testify Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; I testify Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Come to prayer; come to prayer; come to salvation; come to salvation. If it is the morning prayer; you must pronounce; prayer is better than sleep; prayer is better than sleep; Allah is most great; there is no god but Allah. | The Chapter on in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on How The Adhan Is Performed in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27578 | | Anas Bin Malik said; The Messenger of Allah ﷺ rode a horse and was thrown off it and his right was grazed. He then prayed one of the prayers sitting and we prayed one of the prayers sitting; and when he finished he said: the Imam is appointed only to be followed ; so when he prays standing; pray standing; and when he bows; bow; when he raises himself; raise yourselves; when he says Allah listen to him who praises Him; Our Lord ! to Thee be the praise: and when he prays sitting all of you pray sitting. | The Chapter on Prayers And The Masjid in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on About The Imam Praying While Sitting Down in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27582 | | Aisha said; The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed in his house sitting and the people prayed behind him standing. He made a sign to them asking them to sit down. When he finished the prayer; he said : The IMAM is appointed only to be followed; so when he prays standing. Pray standing ; and when he raises himself; raise yourself: and when he prays sitting. Pray sitting. | The Chapter on Prayers And The Masjid in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on About The Imam Praying While Sitting Down in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27607 | | Sahl Bin Sad said: I saw the people tying their wrappers over their necks like children due to the narrowness of the wrappers behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during prayer. Someone said: Body of women; do not raise your heads until the men raise their heads. | The Chapter on Garments And Menstruation in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on About A Man Tying His Garment Around The Nape Of His Neck To Pray in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27698 | | Salim reported on the authority of his father Ibn Umar : I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ 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. | The Chapter on The Format Of Prostration in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on Raising The Hands In The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27699 | | Abdullah Bin Umar said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ 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. | The Chapter on Standing For Prayers And Bowing in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on Raising The Hands In The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27700 | | Abd AlJabbar Bin Wail b.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 ﷺ. 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 AlHasan Bin Abu AlHasan who said: This is how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ 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. | The Chapter on The Format Of Prostration in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on Raising The Hands In The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27703 | | Narrated Wail Ibn Hujr: I purposely looked at the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ; how he offered it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up; faced the direction of the qiblah and uttered the takbir Allah is most great and then raised his hands in front of his ears; then placed his right hand on his left catching each other. When he was about to bow; he raised them in the same manner. He then placed his hands on his knees. When he raised his head after bowing; he raised them in the like manner. When he prostrated himself he placed his forehead between his hands. He then sat down and spread his left foot and placed his left hand on his left thigh; and kept his right elbow aloof from his right thigh. He closed his two fingers and made a circle with the fingers. I Aasi m Ibn Kulayb saw him Bishr Ibn AlMufaddal say in this manner. Bishr made the circle with the thumb and the middle finger and pointed with the forefinger. | The Chapter on Body Parts The Hands And Thumbs in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on Raising The Hands In The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27705 | | Narrated Wail Ibn Hujr: I witnessed the Prophet ﷺ raise his hands in front of his ears when he began to pray. I then came back and saw them the people raising their hands up to their chest when they began to pray. They wore long caps and blankets. | The Chapter on Worship And Almadinah in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on Raising The Hands In The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27707 | | Abu Humaid AlSaidi once told a company of ten of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ; Abu Qatadah was one of them: I am one among you who is more informed of the way the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed. They said: Why; By Allah; you did not follow him more than us; nor did you remain in his company longer than us? He said: Yes. They said: Then describe how the Prophet prayed. He said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up to pray; he raised his hands so as to bring them opposite his shoulders; and uttered the takbir Allah is the most great ; until every bone rested in its place properly: then re recited some verses from the Quran ; then he uttered the takbir Allah is most great ; raising his hands so as to bring them opposite his shoulders; then he bowed; placing the palms of his hands on his knees and keeping himself straight; neither raising nor lowering his head; then raised his head saying: Allah listens to him who praise Him; then raised his hands so as to bring them exactly opposite to his shoulders; then uttered: Allah is most great; then lowered himself to the ground in prostration ; keeping his arms away from his sides; then raised his head; bent his left foot and sat on it; and opened the toes when he prostrated: then he uttered: Allah is most great; then raised his head; bent his left foot and sat on it so that every bone returned to its place properly; then he did the same in the second rakah. At the end of the two Rakahs he stood up and uttered the takbir Allah is most great ; raising his hands so as to bring them opposite to his shoulders; then he bowed; placing the palms of his hands on his knees and keeping himself straight; neither raising or lowering his head: then raised his head saying: Allah listens to him who praises Him; then raised his hands so as to bring them exactly opposite his shoulders; then uttered: Allah is most great; then lowered himself to the ground in prostration ; keeping his arms away from his sides; then raised his head; bent his left foot and sat on it; and opened the toes when he prostrated himself; then he prostrated; then uttered: Allah is most great; then raised his head; bent his left foot and sat on it so that every bone returned to its place properly; then he did the same in the second rakah. At the end of two rakahs he stood up and uttered the takbir Allah is most great ; raising his hands so as to bring them opposite to his shoulders in the way he had uttered the Takbir Allah is most great at the beginning of the prayer; then he did that in the remainder of his prayer; and after prostration which if followed by the taslim salutation he out his left foot and sat on his left hip. They said: You have spoken the truth. This is how he ﷺ used to pray. | The Chapter on Tashahhud Raising From Prostration in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on The Beginning Of The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27708 | | Amr AlAmiri said: I once attended the meeting of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They began to discuss his prayer. Abu Humaid then narrated a part of the same tradition and said: When he bowed he clutched his knees with his palms; and he opened his fingers; then he bent his back without raising his upwards; and did not turn his face on any side. When he sat at the end of two rakahs he sat on the sole of his left foot and raised the right; and after the fourth he placed his left hip on the ground and spread out both his feet one side. | The Chapter on Body Parts The Hands And Thumbs in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on The Beginning Of The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27710 | | Abbas or Ayash Bin Sahl AlSaidi said that he was present in a meeting which was attended by his father who was one of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ ; Abu Huraira; Abu Humaid AlSaidi and Abu Usaid. He narrated the same tradition with a slight addition or deletion. He said: He then raised his head after bowing and uttered:Allah listens to him who praises Him; to Thee; our Lord; be the praise; and raised his hands. He then uttered: Allah is most great; then he prostrated himself and rested on his palms; knees; and the end of his toes while prostrating: then he uttered the Takbir Allah is most great ; and sat down on his hips and raised his other foot; then he uttered the takbir and prostrated himself; then he uttered takbir and stood up; but did not sit on his hips. He the narrator then narrated the rest of the tradition. He further said: Then he sat down at the end of two rakahs; when he was about to stand after two rakahs; he uttered the takbir; then he offered the last two rakahs of the prayer. The narrator did not mention about his sitting on the hips spreading out his feet. | The Chapter on Tashahhud Raising From Prostration in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on The Beginning Of The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27715 | | Narrated Abu Huraira: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ uttered the takbir Allah is most great for prayer in the beginning ; he raised his hands opposite to his shoulders; and when he bowed; he did like that; and when he raised his head to prostrate; he did like that; and when he got up at the end of two rakahs; he did like that. | The Chapter on Tashahhud Raising From Prostration in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on The Beginning Of The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27716 | | Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas: Maymun AlMakki said: that he saw Abdullah Ibn AlZubair leading in prayer. He pointed with his hands i.e. raised his hands opposite to the shoulders when he stood up; when he bowed and when he prostrated; and when he got up after prostration; he pointed with his hands i.e. raised his hands. The I went to Ibn Abbas and said to him I saw Ibn AlZubair praying that I never saw anyone praying. I then told him about the pointing with his hands raising his hands. He said: If you like to see the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ follower the prayer as offered by Abdullah Ibn AlZubayr. | The Chapter on Hand Gestures Raising The Hands in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on The Beginning Of The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27717 | | Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas: Nadr Ibn Kathir AlSadi said: Abdullah Ibn Tawus prayed at my side in the Masjid of AlKhayf. When he made the first prostration; he raised his head after it and raised his hands opposite to his face. This came as something strange for me. I; therefore; said it to Wuhayb Ibn Khalid. Then Wuhayb Ibn Khalid said to him: You are doing a thing that I did not see anyone do. Ibn Tawus then replied: I saw my father doing it; and my father said: I saw Ibn Abbas doing it. I do not know but he said: The Prophet ﷺ used to do it. | The Chapter on Standing For Prayers And Bowing in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on The Beginning Of The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27718 | | Nafi said on the authority of Ibn Umar that when he began prayer; he uttered the takbir Allah is most great and raised his hands; and when he bowed he raised his hands ; and when he said: Allah listens to him who praises Him; he raised his hands ; and when he stood up at the end of two rakahs; he raised his hands. He Ibn Umar traced that back to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.Abu Dawud said: What is correct is that the tradition reported by Ibn Umar does not go back to the Prophet may peace beupon him.Abu Dawud said: The narrator Baqiyah reported the first part of this tradition from Ubaid Allah and traced it back to the Prophet ﷺ ; and the narrator AlThaqafi reported it from Ubaid Allah as a statement of Ibn Umar himself not from the Porphet. In this version he said: When he stood at the end of two rakahs he raised them up to his breasts. And this is the correct version.Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted as a statement of Ibn Umar and not of the Prophet by AlLaith Bin Sad; Malik; Ayoub ; and Ibn Juraij; and this has been narrated as a statement of the Prophet ﷺ by Hammad Bin Salamah alone on the authority of Ayoub. Ayoub and Malik did not mention his raising of hands when he stood after two prostrations; but AlLaith mentioned it in his version. Ibn Juraij said in this version: I asked Nafi: Did Ibn Umar raise his hands higher for the first time? He said: No; I said: Point out to me. He then pointed to the breasts or lower than that. | The Chapter on The Format Of Prostration in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on The Beginning Of The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27719 | | Nafi said: When Abdullah Bin Umar began his prayer; he raised his hands opposite to his shoulders; and when he raised his head after bowing; he raised them lower than that.Abu Dawud said: So as far as I know; no one narrated the words he raised them lower that that except Malik. | The Chapter on Standing For Prayers And Bowing in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on The Beginning Of The Prayer in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27721 | | Narrated Ali Ibn Abu Talib: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood for offering the obligatory prayer; he uttered the takbir Allah is most great and raised his hands opposite to his shoulders; and he did like that when he finished recitation of the Quran and was about to bow; and he did like that when he rose after bowing; and he did not raise his hands in his prayer while he was in his sitting position. When he stood up from his prostrations at the end of two rakahs ; he raised his hands likewise and uttered the takbir Allah is most great and raised his hands so as to bring them up to his shoulders; as he uttered the takbir in the beginning of the prayer. | The Chapter on Tashahhud Raising From Prostration in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on Those Who Mentioned That He Should Raise His Hands After Standing Up After Two Rakah in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27722 | | Malik Bin AlHuwairith said: I saw the Prophet ﷺ raise his hands when he uttered the takbir Allah is most great ; when he bowed and when he raised his head after bowing until he brought them to the lobes of his ears. | The Chapter on Tashahhud Raising From Prostration in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on Those Who Mentioned That He Should Raise His Hands After Standing Up After Two Rakah in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
| SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-27726 | | This tradition has also been transmitted by Sufyan through a different chain of narrators. This version has: He raised his hands once in the beginning. Some narrated: raised his hands once only. | The Chapter on Personal Hygiene Hair And Nose in HodHood Indexing, Chapter on Those Who Did Not Mentiong Raisin The Hands After Ruku in Sunan Abu Dawoud |
