of the hands: Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Muqaddamī narrated to us, saying, “Al-Muʿtamir related to us from ʿUbayd Allah ibn ʿUmar, from Ibn Shihāb, from Sālim ibn ʿAbd Allah, from his father—may Allah be pleased with him—that the Prophet ﷺ used to raise his hands when he entered the prayer, when he intended to bow, when he lifted his head, and when he rose after the two rakʿahs; he would raise his hands on all of these occasions, and ʿAbd Allah did the same.” The chain is sound; every transmitter is found in the two Ṣaḥīḥs. Al-Nasāʾī likewise recorded it in his Sunan through Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlā al-Ṣanʿānī from al-Muʿtamir, with the wording: “and when he rose after the two rakʿahs he raised his hands as well, level with his shoulders.” Its chain is sound according to the criteria of Muslim.

Third route: Imām Aḥmad—may Allah have mercy on him—said in his Musnad: “Muḥammad ibn Fuḍayl narrated to us, from ʿĀṣim ibn Kulayb, from Muḥārib ibn Dithār, who said: I saw Ibn ʿUmar—may Allah be pleased with them both—raise his hands whenever he bowed and whenever he lifted his head from bowing. I asked him, ‘What is this?’ He replied, ‘When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up after the two rakʿahs he would pronounce the takbīr and raise his hands.’” Its chain is sound according to the criteria of Muslim.

Al-Bukhārī also recorded it in his booklet on raising the hands, stating: “Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ḥanẓalī narrated to us, Muḥammad ibn Fuḍayl narrated to us, from ʿĀṣim ibn Kulayb, from Muḥārib ibn Dithār: I saw Ibn ʿUmar raise his hands in bowing. I said to him, ‘What is this?’ He replied, ‘When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up after the two rakʿahs he would pronounce the takbīr and raise his hands.’” The chain is sound according to the criteria of Muslim.

Abu Dāwūd likewise recorded it in his Sunan from ʿUthmān ibn Abī Shaybah and Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd al-Maḥāribī, both of whom said: “Muḥammad ibn Fuḍayl narrated to us, from ʿĀṣim ibn Kulayb, from Muḥārib ibn Dithār …”