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adab:1125Anas ibn Sirin said, "I wrote for Ibn 'Umar and he said, 'Write:

"In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, Most Merciful. Following on from that: To so-and-so."'"  

الأدب المفرد:١١٢٥وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ

عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ اكْتُبْ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَمَّا بَعْدُ إِلَى فُلانٍ  

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