Raising The Hands Before Saying The Takbir
Darussalam · Volume 2
11. The Book Of TheCommencement Of ThePrayerSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 877 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 121
Source no. 877 · Volume 3 · Page 21
Sahih
صحيح، انظر ما قبله (٨٧٦)
Source no. 845 · Volume 1 · Page 191
Sahih
(صحيح) - ق، انظر ما قبله.
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878. It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: "I saw the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, when he stood to pray, raise his hands until they were in level with his shoulders, then he said the Takbīr. He did that when he said the Takbīr before bowing, and he did that when he raised his head from bowing and said: 'Sami' Allāhu liman ḥamidah (Allāh hears those who praise Him).' But he did not do that during the prostration." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
877 - أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمٌ، عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى تَكُونَا حَذْوَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ، ثُمَّ يُكَبِّرُ قَالَ: وَكَانَ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ حِينَ يُكَبِّرُ لِلرُّكُوعِ وَيَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ حِينَ يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ وَيَقُولُ: «سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ». وَلَا يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ فِي السُّجُودِ
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This Hadīth indicates that first the hands should be raised, and in the same state, the Takbīr should be pronounced. The wisdom in this is that raising the hands stands for the negation of false deities, and saying Allāhu Akbar is the assertion of the Oneness of Allāh - of Tawḥīd.