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3423. 'Alī bin Abī Tālib narrates that when the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would stand for the obligatory prayer, he would raise his hands to the level of his shoulders, and he would do this [also] when he finished his recitation and intended to bow, and he would do it when he raised his head from Rukū', and he would not raise his hands in any of his prayers while he was seated. When he would rise from the two prostrations, he would likewise raise his hands, and say the Takbīr, and when he opened his Ṣalāt after the Takbīr, he would say: "I have directed my face towards the One Who has created the heavens and the earth, as a Hanīf, and I am not of the idolaters. Indeed, my Ṣalāt, my sacrifice, my living, my dying, is for Allāh, the Lord of all that exists, without partner, and with this have I been ordered, and I am of the Muslims. O Allāh, You are the King, there is none worthy of worship except You. Glorified are You, You are my Lord, and I am Your slave, I have wronged myself, and admit to my sin, so forgive me all my sins, there is none who forgives sins except You, and guide me to the best of manners, none guides to the best of them except You, and turn away from me the evil of them, none turns away from me the evil of them except You, I am here in Your obedience and aiding Your cause, and I am reliant upon You and ever-turning towards You, [and] there is no refuge from You nor hiding place from You except (going) to You, I seek Your forgiveness, and I repent to you (Wajjahtu Wajhī Lilladhi Fātaras-Samāwāti Wal-Arḍa Hanīfan Wa Mā Ana Min Al-Mushrikīn, Inna Ṣalāti Wa Nusukī Wa Mahyāya Wa Mamātī Lillāhi Rabbil-Ālamīn, Lā Sharīka Lahu Wa Bidhalīka Umirtu Wa Anā Min Al-Muslimīn. Allāhumma Antal-Malīku Lā Ilāha Illā Anta Subḥānaka, Anta Rabbi, Wa Ana 'Abduka Zalamtu Nafsi Wa'tarafu Bidhanbī Fāghfirlī Dhanbī Jamī'an, Innahu Lā Yaghfir udh-Dhunūba Illā Ant. Wahdinī Li-Aḥsanil-Akhlaqī Lā Yahdī Li-Aḥsanihā Illā Ant. Waṣrif 'Annī Sayyi'ahā Lā Yaṣrifu 'Annī Sayyi'ahā Illā Ant. Labaika Wa Sa'daika Wa Ana Bika Wa Ilaika, [Wa] Lā Manjā Minka Wa Lā Milja' Illā Ilaik, Astaghfiruka Wa Atūbu Ilaik)." Then he would recite, then, when he would bow, his speech in his Rukū', would be to say: "O Allāh, to You have I bowed, and in You have I believed, and to You have I submitted (in Islam), and You are my Lord. My hearing, my sight, my brain, and my bones are humbled to Allāh, the Lord of the Worlds all that exists (Allāhumma Laka Raka'tu Wa Bika Āmantu Wa Laka Aslamtu Wa Anta Rabbi, Khasha'a Samī' Wa Baṣarī Wa Mukhkhī Wa 'Azmi Lillāhi, Rabbil-Ālāmin)." Then, when he raised his head from Rukū' he would say: "Allāh hears the one who praises him (Sami' Allāhu Liman Hamidah)." Then he would follow it with: "O Allāh, our Lord, to You is praise filling the heavens and the earth and filling whatever You wish of things afterward (Allāhumma Rabbana Lakal-Hamdu Mil'as-Samāwāti Wal-Arḍi Wa Mil'a Mā Shī'ta Min Shai'in Ba'd)." Then, when he would prostrate, he would say in his prostration: "O Allāh, to You have I prostrated, and in You have I believed, and to You have I submitted (in Islam), and You are my Lord, my face has prostrated to the One that created it, and granted its hearing and sight, Blessed is Allāh, the Best of Creators (Allāhumma Laka Sajadtu Wa Bika Āmantu Wa Laka Aslamtu, Wa Anta Rabbi, Sajada Wajhī Lilladhī Khalaqahu Wa Shaqqa Sam'ahu Wa Baṣarahu, Tabārak Allāhu Aḥsanul-Khāliqīn).” When he was finished with his Ṣalāt, we would say: “O Allāh, forgive me what I have done, before and after, and what I have hidden, and what I have done openly, and You are my Deity, there is none worthy of worship except You (Allāhummaghfirlī Mā Qaddamtu Wa Mā Akhkhartu Wa Mā Asrartu Wa Mā A'lantu, Wa Anta Ilahī, Lā Ilāha Illā Ant).” (Hasan) [He said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ, and this is acted upon according to Ash-Shāfi'ī and our companions,[1] and some of the people of knowledge among the people of Al-Kūfah and other than them said: “He says this in the optional prayer, not in the obligatory.” [Abū 'Eisā said: And Aḥmad did not hold this view.] I heard Abū Ismā'īl – that is, At-Tirmidhī [Muḥammad bin Ismā'īl bin Yūsuf] – saying: “I heard Sulaimān bin Dāwud Al-Hāshimī saying.” So he mentioned this Hadīth, and then said: “With us, this is like the narration of Az-Zuhrī from Sālim, from his father.”