Is it authentically established in the Sunnah that one should raise the hands between the two prostrations, especially given the existence of narrations that affirm raising them and others that negate it?
Authentic hadiths indicate that the hands should be raised in four positions during prayer: when saying the opening takbir (Allahu Akbar), when bowing (ruku'), when rising from bowing, and when standing up from the first . As for raising the hands when prostrating () or rising from it, there is a difference of opinion: some scholars believe that the Prophet (peace be upon him) did it occasionally, while others, who are the majority, hold that hands should not be raised. They favor the of Ibn 'Umar, which denies raising the hands in prostration, and consider the narrations that affirm raising them to be shadhdh (anomalous) or a mistake on the part of the narrator, who mentioned raising instead of takbir. The most preponderant view is not to raise the hands in prostration, and this is the of the majority of scholars.
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