and the Qāḍī issued a decisive ruling to that effect. In al-Jāmiʿ he likewise writes that, because this is a standing posture within the prayer, it resembles the standing that precedes bowing. He then notes that al-Madhhab and al-Talkhīṣ say the worshipper should let his hands drop after rising, while al-Riʿāyah records that the disagreement here is the same as the disagreement about placing them after the opening takbīr. End of citation.

It is common knowledge among all scholars that Imām Aḥmad—may Allah have mercy on him—was especially devoted to the transmitted reports and far removed from innovations and misguidance. In this narration he therefore allowed a choice between letting the arms hang during the standing that follows bowing and placing the right hand over the left, and the correct position is to place them, in light of the general wording of the hadith of Wāʾil that we have already mentioned. Allah knows best.

Sixth Note

The author states on page 100: “At times he would raise his hands when he prostrated.” He also writes on page 162: “He would raise his hands with this takbīr on occasion,” meaning the takbīr said when rising from prostration. He says the same on page 115, and on page 133 he again writes: “He would raise his hands with this takbīr on occasion,” intending the takbīr pronounced when standing up from prostration into the fourth rakʿah.

Everything he has mentioned in these passages is overturned by the hadith agreed