I understand that there exists in Sunan Abi Dawud evidence that the Prophet (s) folded his hands in prayers. Is this narration unreliable in any way?
I understand that there exists in Sunan Abi Dawud evidence that the Prophet (s) folded his hands in prayers. Is this narration unreliable in any way?
Amina Inloes, Amina Inloes is originally from the US and has a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter on Shi'a hadith. She is the program leader for the MA Islamic Studies program at the... Answered 3 years ago
The chain of narration is: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ حُمَيْدٍ - عَنْ ثَوْرٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ،
The first narrator, Tawus, is considered to be Tawus ibn Kaysan, who was born in 30 AH. Since the Prophet (S) passed away in 11 AH, obviously he did not see this directly and was reporting from someone else whose name is not mentioned.
So, from that angle, one could introduce a question mark into the narration.
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