´It was narrated that ‘Ali bin Abu Talib said:` “When the Prophet (ﷺ) stood up to offer a prescribed prayer, he said Allahu Akbar and raised his hands until they were parallel to his shoulders. When he wanted to bow he did likewise; when he raised his head from bowing he did likewise; and when he stood up after the two prostrations he did likewise.”*
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Al-Sheikh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amanpuri
Benefits and Issues:
↰ Imam Tirmidhi rahimahullah has called this hadith "hasan sahih," and Imam Ibn Khuzaymah rahimahullah [584] has declared it "sahih."
◈ The narrator of the hadith, Sulaiman bin Dawud al-Hashimi rahimahullah, says:
«هذا عندنا مثل حديث الزّ هري عن سالم عن أبيه»
"In our view, this is the type of hadith that Imam Zuhri narrates from Salim, and he from his father, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar radi Allahu anhuma." [سنن الترمذي، تحت حديث : 3423، وسنده صحيح]
↰ Its narrator, Abdur Rahman bin Abi al-Zinad, is considered "trustworthy" (thiqah) according to the majority.
◈ Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah writes:
«وهو ثقة عند الجمهور، وتكلّم فيه بعضهم بما لا يقدح فيه .»
"He is trustworthy (thiqah) according to the majority; some have criticized him, but such criticism does not amount to a valid objection (jarh)." [نتائج الافكار لا بن حجر : 304]
↰ "His hadith was 'sahih' in Madinah and 'disturbed' (mudtarib) in Iraq; the criticism against him is to be understood in this context. This narration is from Madinah." «والحمد لله !»
Source: Monthly Magazine al-Sunnah Jhelum, Issue No. 11, Page: 10
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
744. Commentary:
In this hadith as well, the negation of raising the hands (raf‘ al-yadayn) during prostrations (sujud) is established. Furthermore, it is also clarified that one should perform raf‘ al-yadayn when standing up for the third rak‘ah, not while still seated.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 744