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741. It was reported from 'Abdul-A'lā that 'Ubaidullāh narrated from Nāfi', from Ibn 'Umar, that when he would stand for prayer, he would say the Takbīr and raise his hands. And when he went into Rukū', and when he said: 'Sami' Allāhu liman ḥamidah (Allāh hears the one who praises Him),' and when he stood up after two Rak'ahs, he would also raise his hands (for all of these acts). And he would claim that this was done by the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. (Saḥīḥ) Abū Dāwūd said: What is correct is that it is a saying of Ibn 'Umar, it is not Marfū' (from the Prophet ﷺ). Abū Dāwūd said: Baqiyyah reported the beginning of it from 'Ubaidullāh and he reported it with his (complete) chain.[1] And Ath-Thaqafī reported it from 'Ubaidullāh as a Mawqūf narration of Ibn 'Umar, and he said in it: "And when he stood up after two Rak'ahs, he would raise them (i.e., his hands) to his chest." And this is what is correct. Abū Dāwūd said: Al-Laith bin Sa'd, Mālik, Ayyūb, and Ibn Jurāij narrated it in Mawqūf form. Only Ḥammad bin Salamah narrated it with a (Marfū') chain from Ayyūb, and neither Ayyūb nor Mālik mentioned raising (the hands) when standing up from the two prostrations,[2] while Al-Laith mentioned it in his narration. Ibn Juraij said in it: "I said to Nāfi': 'Did Ibn 'Umar used to make the first one (i.e., the raising of hands) the highest?' He said: 'No, they were all (at) the same (level).'" So he said: "Show me." So he showed him to the (level of) the chest, or lower than it.