This excerpt is taken from the book Nūr al-ʿAynayn fī Ithbāt Rafʿ al-Yadayn ʿInd al-Rukūʿ wa Baʿdahu fī al-Ṣalāh by the Muhaddith of the era, Ḥāfiẓ Zubair ʿAlī Zaʾī رحمه الله.
✔ Its chain is ḥasan
It should also be remembered that the prayer of Sayyidunā Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه was the same as the final prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
✔ Its chain is completely authentic
The bracketed words are taken from another manuscript copy.
◈ For a detailed discussion on the issue of Rafʿ al-Yadayn, refer to:
Nūr al-ʿAynayn fī Ithbāt Masʾalah Rafʿ al-Yadayn
Sayyidunā Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه and Rafʿ al-Yadayn
Imām Abū Ṭāhir Muḥammad bin ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Mukhalliṣ said:It is narrated from Abū Salamah (bin ʿAbd al-Raḥmān bin ʿAwf رحمه الله) that Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه used to raise his hands at every lowering (for bowing) and at every rising (from bowing), and he used to say:
Reference: al-Mukhalliyyāt 2/139, ḥadīth: 1329
✔ Its chain is ḥasan
Clarification
The narrator Yaḥyā refers to Imām Yaḥyā bin Muḥammad bin Ṣāʿid, and this narration has also been reported by Imām al-Dāraqutnī in Kitāb al-ʿIlal.
Reference: al-ʿIlal 9/283
Important Note (تنبیہ)
The addition of the word rukūʿ within brackets has been made by considering the authentic aḥādīth of Juzʾ Rafʿ al-Yadayn by al-Bukhārī (ḥadīth: 22) and Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī (ḥadīth: 736), and others.It should also be remembered that the prayer of Sayyidunā Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه was the same as the final prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Practice of Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه
✔ Sayyidunā Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه used to perform Rafʿ al-Yadayn before rukūʿ and after rukūʿ in prayer.Another Authentic Narration
It is narrated from ʿAṭāʾ bin Abī Rabāḥ رحمه الله:
Reference: Juzʾ Rafʿ al-Yadayn: 22
✔ Its chain is completely authentic
The bracketed words are taken from another manuscript copy.
◈ For a detailed discussion on the issue of Rafʿ al-Yadayn, refer to:
Nūr al-ʿAynayn fī Ithbāt Masʾalah Rafʿ al-Yadayn
