The Debate Between Imam Abū Ḥanīfah and Imam al-Awzāʿī on Raising the Hands in Prayer

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Once a meeting took place between Imam al-Awzāʿī and Imam Abū Ḥanīfah. He [al-Awzāʿī] asked: "Are you Abū Ḥanīfah?" He replied: "Yes, indeed!" He said: "I have heard that, upon entering rukūʿ and upon raising the head from rukūʿ, you do not perform rafʿ al-yadayn [raising the hands]?

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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