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1077. Abū Hurairah narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said, 'Allāhu Akbar' over the deceased, so he raised his hands with the first Takbir, and he placed his right (hand) over his left." (Da'if)
Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Gharīb, we do not know of it except from this route.
The people of knowledge differ over this. Most of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others held the view that the man is to raise his hands for every Takbir for the funeral (prayer). This is the view of Ibn Al-Mubārak, Ash-Shāfi'i, Aḥmad, and Ishāq.
Some of the people of knowledge said that the hands are not to be raised except in the first Takbir. This is the saying of Ath-Thawri and the people of Al-Kūfah.
It has been mentioned that Ibn Al-Mubārak said about the funeral prayer: "He does not put his right over his left."
But some of the people of knowledge held the view that the right is put over the left just as it is for Ṣalāt.
Abū 'Eisā said: Holding is better to me.
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Raising the hands on first Takbīr of funeral prayer is unanimously agreed upon. As for the rest of Takbīrāt, there is difference of opinion.
