Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I saw the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he began the prayer, he raised his hands. Sufyan says: My teacher came to Kufa, and I heard him narrate this hadith. In it, he further narrated these words: Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do so again (i.e., he did not raise his hands again). So from this, I guessed that people must have prompted him with these words. Whereas when I saw him in Kufa, compared to the day when he was in Makkah, at that time he remembered the narrations much better. People told me that there had been a change in his memory or that his memory had deteriorated.
Hadith Referenceمسند الحميدي / 741
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«إسناده ضعيف لضعف يزيد بن أبى زياد وأخرجه أبو داود فى «سننه» برقم: 749، 752، والبيهقي فى«سننه الكبير» برقم: 2346، 2568، 2569، 2570، وأحمد فى «مسنده» ، برقم: 18779 برقم: 18973، وأبو يعلى فى «مسنده» برقم: 1658، 1689»