إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلاَةَ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى تَكَادَ إِبْهَامَاهُ تُحَاذِي شَحْمَةَ أُذُنَيْهِ .
It was narrated from Abdul-Jabbar bin Wa'il, from his father, that: He saw the Prophet (ﷺ), when he started to pray, raise his hands until his thumbs were almost level with his earlobes.