What is the correct way to raise the hands in prayer?
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It is for the worshiper to raise the hands in prayer in four instances: with the opening takbeer (takbeerat al-), when bowing (ruku'), when rising from bowing, and when standing up from the first . The hands should be raised parallel to the shoulders or the earlobes.
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