[This is the view of al-Shafi'i] (12); because it is a takbir of ihram (opening for prayer) (13). If he prostrates (14) within the prayer, Ahmad has explicitly stated (15) that he raises his hands, [because it is a sunnah for him to raise them if he were alone, so it is the same when with others. Al-Qadi said: The analogy of the school of thought (madhhab) is that he does not raise them, because the places for raising the hands are in three specific instances, and this is not one of them, and because in the hadith of Ibn Umar: that the Prophet - peace and blessings of Allah be upon him - used not to do that during prostration. Meaning the raising of his hands, and it is a hadith agreed upon (16). Ahmad argued using what] (17) Wa'il ibn Hujr narrated, saying: I said I will look at the prayer of the Messenger of Allah - peace and blessings of Allah be upon him -. He would pronounce the takbir when he descended and when he rose (18), and he would raise his hands during the takbir (19). Ahmad said: This encompasses all of that, and it is the view of Sulayman (20) ibn Yasar and Muhammad ibn Sirin.
(12) Omitted from: the original. (13) In (M): "opening". (14) In (M): "the prostration". (15) Omitted from: (M). (16) Preceded on page 137. (17) Omitted from: the original, and in its place appeared: "also", then it came at the end of the section: "And the analogy of the school of thought is that he does not raise his hands in the prayer, due to the saying of Ibn Umar: He used not to do that in the prostration. Agreed upon. And it is necessary to give precedence to it over the hadith of Wa'il ibn Hujr, because it is more specific than it, and it has been given precedence in the prostration of prayer, and it is specified by it, so it must be specified here, because it is like it. Al-Qadi mentioned this and said: The raising [of hands] is in three places, and this is not one of them.". (18) Omitted from: (M). (19) Recorded by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on Raising the Hands in Prayer, and The Chapter on How the Sitting in the Tashahhud is, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/167, 219. And al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on What Has Been Related Regarding How the Sitting in the Tashahhud is, from the Chapters of Prayer. Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/86. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on the Placement of the Right Hand over the Left in Prayer, from the Book of Opening the Prayer, and in: The Chapter on the Location of the Hands During Prostration, from the Book of Tatbiq, and in: The Chapter on the Placement of the Elbows, and The Chapter on Grasping with Two of the Fingers of the Right Hand, from the Book of Forgetfulness. Al-Mujtaba 2/97, 98, 167, 3/30-32. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on Raising the Hands When Bowing and When Raising His Head from Bowing, from the Book of Establishing Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/281. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 4/316, 318. (20) In (M): "Muslim". And both of them were mentioned previously.
