but there are reports from six Companions that each used to give a single, quiet salutation of peace (1) to his right (2).’ He then named Ibn ‘Umar, Ibn ‘Abbās, Abū Hurayra, Wāthila ibn al-Asqa‘, Ibn Abī Awfā, and Zayd ibn Thābit.” Al-Bayhaqī added (3): ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib, Jābir ibn ‘Abd Allāh, Anas ibn Mālik, and Abū Umāma ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf. These, then, are ten Companions. Abū Umāma lived during the lifetime of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who named him after his maternal grandfather, Abū Umāma (4), As‘ad ibn Zurāra. He is counted among the Companions and among the senior Successors.

As for raising the hands, al-Shāfi‘ī said: “They should be raised on the basis of the transmitted report and by analogy with the Sunnah practice in prayer, for the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to raise his hands whenever he said ‘Allah is the Greatest’ while standing in prayer.”

I say: By the transmitted report, he means what he narrated from Ibn ‘Umar and Anas ibn Mālik: that they used to raise their hands whenever they said ‘Allah is the Greatest’ in the funeral prayer (5).

It is related of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that he used to raise his hands when first saying ‘Allah is the Greatest’ and place his right hand on