999 — Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Anbari narrated to us: Abu Nu‘aym narrated to us, from Mis‘ar, with his chain of transmission and its meaning. He said:
“Is it not enough for one of you — or one of them — to place his hand on his thigh, then greet his brother on his right and on his left?”(1)

1000 — ‘Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Nufayli narrated to us: Zuhayr narrated to us: al-A‘mash narrated to us, from al-Musayyab ibn Rafi‘, from Tamim al-Ta’i, from Jabir ibn Samurah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, entered upon us while the people were raising their hands — Zuhayr said: I think he said: in prayer — and he said: “Why do I see you raising your hands as if they were the tails of restive horses?”

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And it is in *Musnad Ahmad* (20806), and *Sahih Ibn Hibban* (1880) and (1881).
And see what follows it.
And see what will come under number (1000).
His saying: “Why do I see you raising your hands as if they were the tails of restive horses” — al-Nawawi said: it is with a sukun on the mim and with a dammah on it, meaning those that do not stay still but rather move and stir with their tails and legs. What is meant by the prohibited raising here is their raising of hands at the time of greeting, pointing with the greeting to both sides, as is made explicit in the second narration. And see the hadith that follows this one, for it clarifies the intended meaning.
The Imam titled the hadith: “Chapter on the command to be still in prayer, and the prohibition of gesturing with the hand and raising it at the time of greeting.”
Ibn Hibban included in his *Sahih* the hadith of Jabir ibn Samurah (1880) under: “Chapter mentioning the report requiring the concise wording we previously mentioned, namely that the people were only commanded to be still in prayer when gesturing the greeting, not raising the hands at the time of bowing.”

(1) Its chain of transmission is sound, like the preceding one. Abu Nu‘aym: he is al-Fadl ibn Dukayn.
Al-Nasa’i also transmitted it in *al-Kubra* (1242) via the route of Abu Nu‘aym al-Fadl ibn Dukayn, with this chain of transmission.
And see what precedes it.