from Muḥārib ibn Dithār, from Ibn ʿUmar—may Allah be pleased with them both—who said: “Whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up after the two rakʿahs, he would pronounce the takbīr and raise his hands.” Its chain is good, and through the route of ʿUthmān ibn Abī Shaybah it is sound according to the criteria of Muslim.

As for the ḥadith of Abū Ḥumayd al-Saʿidī—may Allah be pleased with him—it was recorded by Imām Aḥmad in his Musnad, by al-Bukhārī in his treatise on raising the hands, and by the compilers of the Four Sunan. It is narrated from ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Jaʿfar who said: “Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr ibn ʿAṭāʾ related to us from Abū Ḥumayd al-Saʿidī—may Allah be pleased with him—who said: I heard him while he was in the company of ten Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said:

‘When he stood for prayer, he stood upright and raised his hands until they were level with his shoulders, then said: Allahu akbar. When he intended to bow, he raised his hands until they were level with his shoulders; and when he said, ‘Allah hears those who praise Him,’ he raised his hands and stood straight. When he rose after the two rakʿahs, he pronounced the takbīr and raised his hands until they were level with his shoulders, just as he had done at the opening of the prayer.’”

This is the wording of one of the two narrations in Ibn Mājah. In another report preserved by al-Bukhārī it says: “All of them said, ‘You have spoken the truth.’” In the versions of Aḥmad, Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, and the other narration in Ibn Mājah, it states: “They said, ‘You have spoken the truth; this is exactly how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray.’” Al-Tirmidhī remarked, “This ḥadith is ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ,” and it was declared sound by al-Bukhārī—as will be mentioned—and by Ibn Khuzaymah and Ibn Ḥibbān. Ibn al-Qayyim—may Allah have mercy on him—said: “The ḥadith of Abū Ḥumayd is authentic, universally accepted, and free of any defect.”

I say: all of the chains mentioned above meet Muslim’s criteria. There are also corroborating reports on the matter from ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib and Abū Hurayrah—may Allah be pleased with them both. As for