because if it is attributed only to Salmān, such words can only be based on revealed instruction. In this hadith, he stated that the servant gestures with his hands and raises them to Allah, glorified is He.

Likewise, in the hadith recorded in al-Musnad and by al-Tirmidhī, al-Fadl ibn Abbās reported that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:

“Prayer is offered two units at a time. Recite the testimony of faith after every two units, show reverence, plead earnestly, and humble yourself. Then hold up your hands”—meaning, raise them to your Lord with your palms facing your face—“and say, ‘O Lord, O Lord.’ Whoever does not do this, his prayer is deficient.”

Thus he stated in it that one holds up his hands—that is, raises them—and that he