= (abridged regarding saying “Āmīn” aloud) via Abū Bakr ibn ʿAyyāsh, both of them from Abū Isḥāq al-Sabīʿī, with this chain of transmission. In Aḥmad’s version there is an addition: “I saw the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, place his right hand over his left in prayer, near the wrist.”

It was also recorded by Abū Dāwūd (724) via al-Ḥasan ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Nakhaʿī, from ʿAbd al-Jabbār ibn Wāʾil, with it, abridged regarding the raising of the hands.

It was recorded by Aḥmad (18842), Abū Dāwūd (932), and al-Tirmidhī (248) via Sufyān al-Thawrī, and by Abū Dāwūd (933) and al-Tirmidhī (249) via al-ʿAlāʾ ibn Ṣāliḥ, both of them from Salamah ibn Kuhayl, from Ḥujr ibn ʿAnbas, from Wāʾil ibn Ḥujr, with it, abridged regarding saying “Āmīn” aloud. Its chain of transmission is sound (ṣaḥīḥ) via Sufyān al-Thawrī, and good (ḥasan) via al-ʿAlāʾ ibn Ṣāliḥ. Al-Dāraquṭnī declared it sound in al-Sunan (1267).

In Abū Dāwūd (933) there is the addition: “And he gave the greeting of peace to his right and to his left, until I saw the whiteness of his cheek.” In its chain of transmission, “ʿAlī ibn Ṣāliḥ” appears instead of “al-ʿAlāʾ ibn Ṣāliḥ,” which is an error that al-Mizzī flagged in his Tahdhīb, in the biography of al-ʿAlāʾ.

In the narration of Sufyān al-Thawrī, as found in Abū Dāwūd (932) and al-Dāraquṭnī (1267), it reads: “from Ḥujr Abī al-ʿAnbas.” Al-Dāraquṭnī said: “He is Ibn ʿAnbas.” Likewise, Ibn Ḥibbān gave him the kunyah Abū al-ʿAnbas in al-Thiqāt 4/177 and 6/234. Both he and al-Bukhārī also gave him the kunyah Abū al-Sakan in al-Tārīkh al-Kabīr 3/73.

Shuʿbah differed in both the chain of transmission and the text, as in the Musnad of Aḥmad (18854). He narrated it from Salamah ibn Kuhayl, from Ḥujr Abī al-ʿAnbas, from ʿAlqamah, from Wāʾil, with it, adding “ʿAlqamah” to the chain, and said: “And he lowered his voice with it,” instead of “he raised his voice with it.” Al-Bukhārī flagged this error in al-Tārīkh al-Kabīr 3/73, and al-Tirmidhī transmitted it from him in al-Sunan following (248). However, Shuʿbah did not differ in his saying “Abī al-ʿAnbas” (as al-Tirmidhī transmitted from al-Bukhārī), for Sufyān likewise gave him that kunyah, as mentioned above. The full discussion of this matter is to be found in the commentary on the aforementioned ḥadīth of the Musnad.

His statement therein: “And he raised his hands until they were level with his ears” will come with a sound chain of transmission under number (889), within the narration of Zāʾidah ibn Qudāmah, from ʿĀṣim ibn Kulayb, from his father, from Wāʾil ibn Ḥujr, concerning the description of his prayer, peace and blessings be upon him.

It will also come under number (882), abridged, via Fiṭr ibn Khalīfah, and in full under number (932), via Yūnus ibn Abī Isḥāq, from his father, both of them from ʿAbd al-Jabbār ibn Wāʾil, from his father, with it.

It will come under number (1055) via ʿAlqamah ibn Wāʾil, from his father, in a longer version than it, without mentioning saying “Āmīn” aloud.