when rising from prostration. Al-Bukhari—may Allah have mercy on him—states in his monograph Raising the Hands: “Abu Nuʿaym al-Faḍl ibn Dukayn narrated to us; Qays ibn Salim al-ʿAnbari informed us; he said: I heard ʿAlqamah ibn Wāʾil ibn Ḥujr relate—from my father—that he said: ‘I prayed with the Prophet ﷺ. When he began the prayer he pronounced the opening takbīr and raised his hands, then he raised his hands again when he intended to bow and after coming up from bowing.’” Its chain is sound according to the criterion of Muslim.

Al-Nasaʾi also recorded it in his Sunan through the route of Suwayd ibn Naṣr—ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Mubarak—Qays ibn Salim with similar wording, and its chain is good.

This ḥadith has likewise come through another route from Wāʾil (may Allah be pleased with him) in which no mention is made of raising the hands when rising from prostration. Al-Bukhari, in the same monograph, said: “Muhammad ibn Muqātil narrated to us; ʿAbd Allah—meaning Ibn al-Mubarak—informed us; Zāʾidah ibn Qudāmah informed us; ʿĀṣim ibn Kulayb al-Jarmi narrated to us; my father narrated to us that Wāʾil ibn Ḥujr (may Allah be pleased with him) told him: ‘I said, “I shall watch closely how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performs the prayer.” So I observed him: he pronounced the takbīr and raised his hands; when he wished to bow he raised his hands in the same manner; and when he lifted his head he raised his hands in the same manner.’” Its chain is good.

Al-Nasaʾi also recorded it in his Sunan through Suwayd ibn Naṣr—ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Mubarak. Al-Bukhari further transmitted it via Ibn Idrīs from ʿĀṣim ibn Kulayb; and both Al-Nasaʾi and al-Dāraqutni reported it through Sufyān from ʿĀṣim ibn Kulayb, while Abu Dāwud and Ibn Mājah narrated it through Bishr ibn al-Mufaḍḍal from ʿĀṣim ibn Kulayb.