Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 609
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُلَيْحٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ وَهُوَ وَهْبٌ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ وَابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ يَدْعُوَانِ، يُدِيرَانِ بِالرَّاحَتَيْنِ عَلَى الْوَجْهِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ibrahim ibn al-Mundhir related to us: Muhammad ibn Fulayh related to us: My father informed me, from Abu Nu‘aym—who was Wahb—who said: I saw Ibn ‘Umar and Ibn al-Zubayr supplicating, passing their palms over their faces.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic specifically says their palms moved over the face; the English witness describes them as cupping their palms before their faces.
يُدِيرَانِ بِالرَّاحَتَيْنِ عَلَى الْوَجْهِ.
The Arabic says they passed/moved their palms over the face; the witness’s “in front of” may differ.
Does “passing their palms over their faces” best match على الوجه?