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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the number of places where the hands are raised in prayer?

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The first question asks: When you stand in prayer, how many times do you raise your hands?
Answer: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance.
As for what follows: The Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) indicates that it is prescribed for the believer in prayer to raise his hands in four places, in the four-rak'ah and three-rak'ah prayers. The first is: at the opening takbir, where he raises his hands with the takbir to the level of his shoulders, or to the level of the tips of his ears. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did it this way at times and that way at other times.
The second place is: at the bowing, where he raises his hands when he says: (Allahu Akbar) to the level of his shoulders or to the level of his ears.
The third place is: when rising from the bowing, where he raises his hands when he says: Sami' Allahu li man hamidah, if he is an imam or praying alone, and the one praying behind the imam raises his hands when he says: Rabbana wa laka al-hamd.
And the fourth place is: when he stands up from the first tashahhud in the four-rak'ah prayers, such as Zuhr, 'Asr, and 'Isha', or in the three-rak'ah prayer, such as Maghrib, when he stands up to the third rak'ah after the first tashahhud. When he stands up to the third, he says: (Allahu Akbar) while raising his hands.
All of these are established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the hadith of Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) , and in the hadith of 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) , and some of it in the hadith of Malik ibn al-Huwayrith (may Allah be pleased with him) and in other hadiths. Yes.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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