The Book of The At-Tatbiq (Clasping One's Hands Together)

Humayd ibn Masʿadah informed us: Yazid ibn Zurayʿ narrated to us: Shuʿbah narrated to us, from ʿAmr ibn Murrah, from Abu Hamzah, from a man of Banu ʿAbs, from Hudhayfah, who prayed one night with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He heard him say the takbir: “Allah is the Greatest, Possessor of might, dominion, grandeur, and majesty.” In his bowing he would say, “Glory be to my Lord, the Magnificent.” When he raised his head from bowing, he would say, “To my Lord belongs all praise; to my Lord belongs all praise.” In his prostration he would say, “Glory be to my Lord, the Most High,” and between the two prostrations, “My Lord, forgive me; my Lord, forgive me.” His standing and bowing, his standing after raising his head from bowing, his prostration, and the time between the two prostrations were nearly equal in duration.

Ishaq ibn Ibrahim informed us: Jarir narrated to us, from Sulayman al-Taymi, from Abu Mijlaz, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed the qunut supplication for a month after bowing, praying against Riʿl, Dhakwan, and ʿUsayyah, who had disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.

Qutaibah informed us: Hammad narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Ibn Sirin, that Anas ibn Malik was asked whether the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed the qunut supplication in the Subh (morning) prayer. He replied, “Yes.” He was asked, “Was it before bowing or after?” He replied, “After bowing.”

Ismaʿil ibn Masʿud informed us: Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal narrated to us, from Yunus, from Ibn Sirin, who said: Someone who prayed the Subh prayer with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) narrated to me that when the Prophet said, “Allah hears whoever praises Him,” during the second rakʿah, he stood for a short while.

Muhammad ibn Mansur informed us: Sufyan narrated to us, saying, “We learned it by heart from al-Zuhri, from Saʿid, from Abu Hurairah.” He said: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raised his head from the second rakʿah of the Subh prayer, he said: “O Allah, rescue al-Walid ibn al-Walid, Salamah ibn Hisham, ʿAyyash ibn Abi Rabiʿah, and the oppressed believers in Mecca. O Allah, intensify Your pressure upon Mudar and afflict them with years like the years of Joseph.”

ʿAmr ibn ʿUthman informed us: Baqiyyah narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Hamzah, who said: Muhammad narrated to me, from Saʿid ibn al-Musayyab and Abu Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman, that Abu Hurairah used to relate that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would supplicate during the prayer when saying, “Allah hears whoever praises Him; our Lord, to You is all praise.” Then, while standing and before prostrating, he would say: “O Allah, rescue al-Walid ibn al-Walid, Salamah ibn Hisham, ʿAyyash ibn Abi Rabiʿah, and the oppressed among the believers. O Allah, intensify Your pressure upon Mudar and afflict them with years like the years of Joseph.” Then he would say, “Allah is the Greatest,” and prostrate. The people on the outskirts of Mudar were then in opposition to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).

Sulayman ibn Salm al-Balkhi informed us: al-Nadr narrated to us: Hisham informed us, from Yahya, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurairah, who said: “I will show you the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).” Abu Hurairah would perform qunut in the final rakʿah of the Zuhr prayer, the later ʿIsha prayer, and the Subh prayer, after saying, “Allah hears whoever praises Him.” He would supplicate for the believers and invoke a curse upon the disbelievers.

ʿUbaidullah ibn Saʿid informed us: from ʿAbd al-Rahman, from Sufyan and Shuʿbah, from ʿAmr ibn Murrah. Another chain: ʿAmr ibn ʿAli informed us: Yahya narrated to us, from Shuʿbah and Sufyan, who both narrated from ʿAmr ibn Murrah, from Ibn Abi Layla, from al-Baraʾ ibn ʿAzib, that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to perform qunut in the Subh and Maghrib prayers. ʿUbaidullah added: “The Messenger of Allah...” The Arabic source ends here, leaving this final attribution incomplete.

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna informed us: Abu Dawud narrated to us: Shuʿbah narrated from Qatadah, from Anas; and Hisham narrated from Qatadah, from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed qunut for a month. Shuʿbah said, “He cursed some men,” while Hisham said, “He supplicated against some Arab tribes.” Then he stopped doing it after bowing. This is Hisham’s account. Shuʿbah also narrated from Qatadah, from Anas, that the Prophet (ﷺ) performed qunut for a month, invoking a curse upon Riʿl, Dhakwan, and Lihyan.

Ishaq ibn Ibrahim informed us: ʿAbd al-Razzaq informed us: Maʿmar narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from his father, that he heard the Prophet (ﷺ), when he raised his head from the final rakʿah of the Subh prayer, say: “O Allah, curse so-and-so and so-and-so.” He was supplicating against some of the hypocrites. Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed: “You have no part in the matter: whether He turns to them in mercy or punishes them, for they are wrongdoers.”

Ishaq ibn Ibrahim informed us: Muʿadh ibn Hisham informed us: My father narrated to me, from Qatadah, from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed qunut for a month, supplicating against one of the Arab tribes, then stopped doing so.

Qutaibah informed us: from Khalaf—namely, Ibn Khalifah—from Abu Malik al-Ashjaʿi, from his father, Tariq ibn al-Ashyam, who said: I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he did not perform qunut. I prayed behind Abu Bakr, and he did not perform qunut; behind ʿUmar, and he did not perform qunut; behind ʿUthman, and he did not perform qunut; and behind ʿAli, and he did not perform qunut. Then he said, “My son, this is an innovation.”

Qutaibah informed us: ʿAbbad narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn ʿAmr, from Saʿid ibn al-Harith, from Jabir ibn ʿAbdullah, who said: We used to pray Zuhr with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I would take a handful of pebbles in my palm to cool them, then transfer them to my other palm. When I prostrated, I would place them down and rest my forehead on them.

Yahya ibn Habib ibn ʿArabi informed us: Hammad narrated to us, from Ghaylan ibn Jarir, from Mutarrif, who said: ʿImran ibn Husayn and I prayed behind ʿAli ibn Abi Talib. Whenever he prostrated, he said the takbir; when he raised his head from prostration, he said the takbir; and when he rose after two rakʿahs, he said the takbir. When he had finished the prayer, ʿImran took my hand and said, “This reminded me”—he used a word to that effect—“of Muhammad’s prayer.”

ʿAmr ibn ʿAli informed us: Muʿadh and Yahya narrated to us; they both said: Zuhayr narrated to us: Abu Ishaq narrated to me, from ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn al-Aswad, from ʿAlqamah and al-Aswad, from ʿAbdullah ibn Masʿud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say the takbir at every lowering and rising, and give the salams to his right and left. Abu Bakr and ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them) did the same.

Ismaʿil ibn Masʿud informed us: Khalid narrated to us, from Shuʿbah, from Abu Bishr, who said: I heard Yusuf—namely, Ibn Mahak—relate from Hakim ibn Hizam, who said: I pledged to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that I would descend into prostration only after standing upright.

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna informed us: Ibn Abi ʿAdi narrated to us, from Shuʿbah, from Qatadah, from Nasr ibn ʿAsim, from Malik ibn al-Huwairith, who saw the Prophet (ﷺ) raise his hands during prayer: when bowing, when raising his head from bowing, when prostrating, and when raising his head from prostration, until they were level with the upper parts of his ears.

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: ‘Abd al-A‘la narrated to us; Sa‘id narrated to us from Qatadah, from Nasr ibn ‘Asim, from Malik ibn al-Huwairith, that he saw the Prophet (ﷺ) raise his hands, and he mentioned a similar report.

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna reported to us: Mu‘adh ibn Hisham narrated to us; he said: My father narrated to me, from Qatadah, from Nasr ibn ‘Asim, from Malik ibn al-Huwairith, that the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ), when he began the prayer—then he mentioned a similar report, adding: ‘When he bowed, he did likewise; when he raised his head from bowing, he did likewise; and when he raised his head from prostration, he did likewise.’

Muhammad ibn ‘Ubayd al-Kufi al-Muharibi reported to us; he said: Ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Ma‘mar, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from Ibn ‘Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to raise his hands when beginning the prayer, when bowing, and when rising; and he did not do that in prostration.