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.

Sayyiduna Bara’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: He saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raising his hands at the beginning of the prayer; the Prophet (peace be upon him) raised both his hands up to his ears, and after that did not raise his hands until he completed the prayer.

The same narration is also reported with another chain from Sayyiduna Bara’ bin ‘Azib (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Bara’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: He saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he stood for prayer, he raised his hands while saying the takbir. This narration is also transmitted with another chain, and this is correct. The narrator named Yazid was prompted in his old age to narrate these words: "Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do so again." So he accepted this prompting, and the words of this narration became confused for him.

Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he stood up to pray, he raised both his hands up to his ears while saying the takbir. After that, he did not raise his hands again (in the prayer). The narrator, Ali bin Asim, states: When I came to Kufa, I was informed that a narrator named Yazid was alive. I went to him and he narrated this hadith to me. He said: Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila narrated this statement of Sayyiduna Bara’, who said:“I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he stood up for prayer, he raised both his hands up to his ears while saying the takbir.”I said to him: Ibn Abi Laila narrated this to me and also included these words:“The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not raise his hands again after that.”So he replied:“I do not remember these words.”I repeated my statement to him, and he said the same:“I do not remember.”