(a) Muhammad bin Isma'il al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) says: It is reported from a large number of the people of Makkah, the people of the Hijaz, the people of Sham, the people of Iraq, and the inhabitants of Basrah and Yemen that they used to raise their hands at the bowing and when raising the head from it. Among them are Sa'id bin Jubayr, Ata bin Abi Rabah, Mujahid, al-Qasim bin Muhammad, Salim bin Abdullah bin Umar, Umar bin Abd al-Aziz, al-Nu'man bin Abi Ayyash, al-Hasan al-Basri, Ibn Sirin, Tawus, Makhul, Abdullah bin Dinar, Nafi', Ubaydullah bin Umar, al-Hasan bin Muslim, Qays bin Sa'd, and a very large number of people besides them.
(b) The Shaykh (al-Bayhaqi) (may Allah have mercy on him) says: We have reported it from Abu Qilabah, Abu al-Zubayr, Malik bin Anas, al-Awza'i, al-Layth bin Sa'd, Ibn Uyaynah, Imam al-Shafi'i, Yahya bin Sa'id al-Qattan, Abd al-Rahman bin Mahdi, Abdullah bin al-Mubarak, Yahya bin Yahya, Ahmad bin Hanbal and Ishaq bin Ibrahim al-Hanzali (may Allah have mercy on them), and from a very large group of the scholars of narrations (athar) in various cities.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 2526
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحيح
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