Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 855

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي قَزَعَةَ الْبَاهِلِيِّ، عَنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ الْمَكِّيِّ، قَالَ سُئِلَ جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَيَرْفَعُ الرَّجُلُ يَدَيْهِ إِذَا رَأَى الْبَيْتَ فَقَالَ حَجَجْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَفَكُنَّا نَفْعَلُهُ ‏ .‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى رَفْعُ الْيَدَيْنِ عِنْدَ رُؤْيَةِ الْبَيْتِ إِنَّمَا نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي قَزَعَةَ ‏.‏ وَأَبُو قَزَعَةَ اسْمُهُ سُوَيْدُ بْنُ حُجَيْرٍ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Yusuf ibn Isa narrated to us: Waki' narrated to us: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Abu Qaza'ah al-Bahili, from al-Muhajir al-Makki, who said: Jabir ibn Abd Allah was asked, ‘Should a man raise his hands when he sees the House?’ He replied, ‘We performed Hajj with the Prophet; did we used to do that?’

Abu Isa said: We know of the practice of raising the hands upon seeing the House only through Shu'bah's narration from Abu Qaza'ah. Abu Qaza'ah's name was Suwayd ibn Hujayr.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • Jabir's rhetorical question indicates that raising the hands upon seeing the Ka'bah was not their practice.