Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to raise his hands at the beginning of the prayer and while going into bowing (ruku‘). This narration has been transmitted as a marfu‘ hadith from Humaid only by ‘Abdulwahhab; the correct version is that it is reported as the action of Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Wa'il bin Hujr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raise his hands at the beginning of the prayer until both his hands were level with his shoulders. Then, when he was about to bow (ruku‘), he did so (i.e., raised his hands), and when he raised his head (from ruku‘), he did so (i.e., raised his hands). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his right hand on his right knee and his left hand on his left knee while sitting, then he made a circle with his (right hand) and pointed in this manner. The narrator Sufyan demonstrated by pointing with his index finger. The narrator says: I came to these gentlemen (i.e., the noble Companions) and found them in such a state that even in the cold season, while wrapped in their upper garments, they would perform the raising of the hands (raf‘ al-yadayn).

Husayn bin Abdur Rahman narrates: We were present in the company of Ibrahim Nakha’i when Amr bin Marwah informed him of this matter. He said: We performed prayer in the mosque of the Hadramis, and Alqamah bin Wa’il narrated from his father: He saw the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) raising his hands at the beginning of the prayer, when going into bowing (ruku‘), and when going into prostration (sujud). So Ibrahim Nakha’i said:“I think your father saw the Prophet (peace be upon him) doing this only on that one day, and remembered it. So did not Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas‘ud) remember this as well?”After that, Ibrahim Nakha’i said:“Raising the hands is to be done only at the beginning of the prayer.”These are the words of the narrator named Jarir.

Sayyiduna Wa'il bin Hujr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), at the beginning of the prayer, while going into bowing (ruku‘), and while saying "Sami‘ Allahu liman hamidah" (i.e., when rising from bowing), he raised both hands up to the ears.

Sayyiduna Malik bin Huwairith (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to raise his hands at the beginning of the prayer, when going into bowing (ruku‘), and when raising his head from bowing. Ibn Mubashshir (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated these words: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to raise his hands at the beginning of the prayer, when he was about to go into bowing, and when he raised his head from bowing. Abu ‘Awanah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), whenever he said the takbir, went into bowing, raised his head from bowing, and recited“Sami‘ Allahu liman hamidah,”would raise both hands up to the shoulders.

Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Shall I show you the way the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to pray? Then he said the takbir and raised both hands, then before going into ruku‘ he said the takbir and raised both hands, then when he recited“Sami‘ Allahu liman hamidah”he raised both hands. After finishing the prayer, he said:“Do like this.”The narrator says: He did not raise his hands between the two prostrations.

The same narration is also transmitted from the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) with another chain of transmission. Two narrators have reported it as a marfu‘ hadith from Hammad, while the rest of the narrators, apart from these two, have reported it as a mawquf narration. I heard Qadi Abu Ja‘far saying: "Previously, my stance was the same as that of the people of Iraq, but then I saw the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in a dream performing prayer. He (peace be upon him) raised his hands while saying the opening takbir of the prayer, then raised his hands while going into ruku‘, and then raised his hands when rising from ruku‘."

Sayyiduna Bara’ bin ‘Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would say the takbir and raise both hands, we would see that both his thumbs had reached close to his ears.

Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila narrates: I heard Sayyiduna Bara’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrating this hadith in a gathering in which Sayyiduna Ka’b bin Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him) was also present. Sayyiduna Bara’ said:“I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raising his hands with the first takbeer at the beginning of the prayer.”

Abdullah bin Mubarak says: In my view, the narration attributed to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) is not authentic; the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) performed only one raising of the hands at the beginning of the prayer, and did not raise the hands after that. In my view, the authentic hadith is the one in which it is mentioned: the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) raised his hands when going into bowing (ruku') and when rising from bowing. Abdullah bin Mubarak stated this: Ubaidullah Umari, Imam Malik, Ma'mar, Sufyan, Yunus, and Muhammad bin Abu Hafsah have narrated from Zuhri, from Salim, from his father (Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both), from the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) this narration.