It is narrated from Sa'id bin Sam'an that Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) came to us in the mosque of Banu Zurayq. He said that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) began the prayer, he would raise his hands outstretched, and remain silent for a moment, asking Allah for His bounty, and when he bowed he would also say the takbir.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 2316
It is narrated from Sa'id bin Sam'an (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) came to us in the mosque of Banu Zurayq and said: There are three practices which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do, but the people have abandoned them. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) stood for the prayer, he would do like this; the narrator gestured with his hand, and he neither pressed the fingers of his hand tightly together nor spread them far apart.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 2317
Sa'id bin Sam'an narrates from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), "when he began the prayer, would keep his fingers spread open."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 2318
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) raising his hands in the prayer. It has also been said about this narration that he did this (raising the hands) before the takbir.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 2319
(a) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I never saw him (peace and blessings be upon him) in any obligatory or voluntary prayer except that he raised his hands towards the sky and supplicated, and then after that said the takbir.
(b) In a hadith there is that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whenever one of you begins the prayer, let him raise his hands and keep his palms facing the qiblah."
However, it is weak.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 2320
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:منكر
Hadith Takhrij«منكر۔ اخرجه ابو نعيم في الحلية 9/238»