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Note: [.... indicates omission of isnaad]

255: ....From Saalim from his father who said, 'I saw the Messenger of Allaah raise his hands up to his shoulders when he started the prayer, and when he went into ruku' and when he raised his head from ruku', and the son of ibn Umar added in his hadeeth, 'and he did not do that between the two sajdas'

256: Abu 'Eesaa (ie at-Tirmidhee) said, ....az-Zuhree related to us the likes of the hadeeth of ibn Umar.

He said, and the ahaadeeth like this are related from Umar, Ali, Wa'il bin Hujr, Maalik bin Huwairith, Anas, Abu Hurayra, Abu Haamid, Abu Aseed, Sahl bin Sa'd, Muhammad bin Muslima, Abu Qataadah, Abu Musa al-Asharee, Jaabir and Umair al-Laithee.

Abu 'Eesaa said, the hadeeth of ibn Umar is Hasan Saheeh. And some of the people of Knowledge from the Companions of the Prophet held this view, from amongst them: ibn Umar, Jaabir bin Abdullaah, Abu Hurayra, Anas, ibn Abbaas, Abdullaah bin Zubair and others. And from the Taabi'een: Hasan al-Basri, 'Ataa, Tawoos, Mujaahid, Naafi', Saalim bin Abdullaah, Sa'eed bin Jubair and others.

And of this opinion were Abdullaah bin Mubaarak, ash-Shaafi'ee, Ahmad and Ishaaq.

And Abdullaah bin Mubaarak said, 'the hadeeth of the o­ne who raises his hands is established, ' and he mentioned the hadeeth of Saalim from his father (i.e. no.255), 'and the hadeeth of ibn Mas'ud ) is not established, "that the Prophet did not raise his hands except the first time"'....

....From 'Alqama who said, 'ibn Mas'ud said, "shall I not pray with you the prayer of the Messenger of Allaah " so he prayed and he did not raise his hands except the first time.'

He (i.e Tirmidhee) said, and the hadeeth like this are related from al-Baraa bin Aazib.

Abu 'Eesaa said, the Hadeeth of ibn Mas'ud is a Hasan hadeeth. And of this opinion were more than o­ne of the People of Knowledge from the Companions of the Prophet and the Taabi'een. And it is the opinion of Sufyaan and the People of Kufah.

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COMMENTARY

His saying, ' raise his hands up to his shoulders when he started the prayer, and when he went into ruku' and when he raised his head from ruku''

This is a clear evidence that raising of the hands in these places is a sunnah. And this is the truth and that which is correct.

And Bukhaaree transmits in his {saheeh}, after this hadeeth of ibn Umar, from his shaikh Ali bin al-Madanee who said, 'it is a duty upon the muslims that they raise their hands at the time of ruku' and rising from it, due to this hadeeth of ibn Umar.' And this is in the narration of ibn Asaakir. And Imaam Bukhaaree mentioned it in his {juz rafa' al-yadain} and expounded o­n it, and he was the most knowledgable person of his time.

'AND HE DID NOT DO THAT BETWEEN THE TWO SAJDAS'

And in a narration of Bukhaaree, 'and he did not do that when he made sajda, nor when he raised his head from sajda.'

'AND THE AHAADEETH LIKE THIS ARE RELATED FROM.....'

[sources of narration omitted]

as-Suyuti said in {al-Azhaar al-Mutanaathira fee al-Akhbaar al-Mutawaatira}, 'that the hadeeth of raising (hands at ruku) is mutawaatir from the Prophet '.

..... And al-Haafidh (ibn Hajr) said in {al-Fath} and Bukhaaree mentioned that raising of the hands at ruku' and at rising from ruku' is related from 17 of the sahaabah.

And al-Haakim and Abu al-Qaasim ibn Mandah mention that from amongst the o­nes that narrate it are the ten promised paradise. And our shaikh Abu al-Fadl al-Haafidh mentioned that he followed up the narrations from the sahaabah and they reached 50 (sahaabah).

ash-Shawkaanee said in {an-Nail},

'that al-Bayhaqi list in his {sunan} and {khilaafiyaah} the names of those that the relate the raising of hands (at ruku' reaching) the likes of 30 sahaabah. And he said, "I heard al-Haakim say, 'the ten promised paradise related this sunnah and others from the greatest of the Sahaabah.' and it is as he said"'

And al-Haakim and al-Bayhaqi also said, 'And a narration of a sunnah is not known upon which the ten and those after them from the greatest of the Companions agreed to except this o­ne'

His saying,
'AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE OF KNOWLEDGE FROM THE COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET HELD THIS VIEW..'

al-Haafidh (ibn Hajr) said in {al-Fath}, 'Muhammad bin Nasr al-Marwazee said, "the scholars of the lands agree to the legislation of this (sunnah) except the people of Kufah. And al-Bukhaaree authored a seperate book o­n this issue, and he relates in it from al-Hasan and Humaid bin Halaal, "that the sahaabah used to do that." And Bukhaaree said, "and al-Hasan did not exclude anyone"'

I say: al-Bukhaaree said in {juz rafa' al-yadain}, 'al-Hasan and Humaid bin Halaal said, "the Companions of the Messenger of Allaah used to raise their hands" and they did not exclude any o­ne of the Companions of the the Prophet . And it is not established with the people of knowledge from any of the Companions that he did not raise his hands. And it is also related from a number of the Companions of the Prophet what we have described, and likewise from a number of scholars of Mecca, Hijaaz, Iraaq, Shaam, Basra, Yemen, and a number from Khurasaan. From amongst them: Sa'eed bin Jubair, 'Ataa bin Abee Rabaah, Mujaahid, al-Qaasim bin Muhammad, Saalim bin Abdullaah bin Umar bin al-Khattaab, Umar bin Abdul Aziz, Nu'maan bin Abee Ayaash, al-Hasan, ibn Seereen, Tawoos, Makhool, Abdullaah bin Deenaar, Naafi' the servant of Umar, al-Hasan bin Muslim, Qais bin Sa'd and many more. And it is related from Umm ad-Dardaa that she used to raise her hands.

'And Abdullaah bin Mubaarak used to raise his hands (at ruku') and likewise the generality of his companions. From amongst them, Alee bin al-Husain, Abd bin Umar, Yahya bin Yahya, the Muhadditheen of the People of Bukhaar from amongst them: Eesaa bin Musaa, and Ka'b bin Sa'eed, Muhammad bin Silaam, Abdullaah bin Muhammad, al-Musnadee, and many more beyond enumeration.

There is no difference upon what we have described amongst the people of Knowledge. And Abdullaah bin Zubair, Ali bin Abdullaah, Yahya bin Ma'een, Ahmad bin Hanbal, Ishaaq bin Ibraheem affirmed these hadeeth and considered them to be the truth. And these are the People of Knowledge from the People of their times.' [End of quote]

His saying,
'AND OF THIS OPINION WERE ABDULLAAH BIN AL-MUBAARAK, AND ASH-SHAAFI'EE AND AHMAD AND ISHAAQ'

And it is the opinion of Maalik. And it is the last of two sayings from him and the most authentic. al-Haafidh said o­n {al-fath}, 'ibn Abdul Barr (Maaliki) said, "noboby relates the leaving of raising the hands from Maalik except ibn al-Qaasim. And that which we take is the raising of the hands as in the hadeeth of ibn Umar. And that is what Wahb and others narrate from Maalik. And at-Tirmidhee does not relate from Maalik other than (the saying of ibn al-Qaasim)" And al-Khattaabee transmitted, and al-Qurtobee followed him in {al-Mufham}, that the last of the two saying and the most authentic from him was this. And I have not seen the Maalikiyyah use an evidence for the leaving of raising hands except with the saying of ibn al-Qaasim'

az-Zayla'i (Hanafi) said in {Nasb ar-Raayah} transmitting from {juz rafa' al-yadain} of al-Bukhaaree, 'and ibn al-Mubaarak used to raise his hands and he is the most knowledgable of the people of his time as far as is known. And ibn al-Mubaarak said, "I prayed beside Nu'maan and I raised my hands. So he said to me, 'I fear that you became confused,' so I said to him 'if I did not become confused at the first (raising) then I was not confused at the second.'" al-Wakee said, "may Allaah have mercy upon ibn al-Mubaarak, he used to have his answers ready."'

His saying,
'AND HE PRAYED AND HE DID NOT RAISE HIS HANDS EXCEPT THE FIRST TIME'

Those who say that the raising of hands at the ruku' and at the rising from the ruku' is abrogated seek evidence from this hadeeth. But this hadeeth is da'eef as you will come to know. And their is not in this topic an authentic hadeeth.

His saying,
'AND THE LIKES OF THIS ARE RELATED FROM BARAA' BIN AAZIB'

He said, 'I saw the Messenger of Allaah when he started the prayer raise his hands to near his ears, then he did not repeat that.' Related by Abu Dawood and ad-Daaruqutnee and it is from the relation of Yazeed bin Abu Zaid from Abdur Rahmaan bin Abu Layla from him (i.e. Baraa'). And the Huffaadh (pl. of Haafidh) have agreed that his saying, "then he did not repeat that" is mudraj in the narration from the saying of Yazeed bin Abu Ziyaad. And it is related from Baraa' without the addition by Shu'ba and ath-Thawri and Khaalid at-Tahhaan and Zaheer and others from the huffaadh.

al-Humaidee said, 'this narration was narrated by Yazeed, and Yazeed added it'

And Uthmaan ad-Daarimee said from Imaam Ahmad, 'it is not authentic', and likewise al-Bukhaaree and Ahmad and Yahya ad-Daarimee and al-Humaidee declared it da'eef. And Yahya bin Muhammad Yahya said, 'I heard Ahmad bin Hanbal saying, "this hadeeth is flimsy, Yazeed used to narrrate this for a period of time without saying, 'and he did not repeat that', and when he had suggestions whispered to him, he mentioned it.' (check)