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adab:1126Anas ibn Sirin said, "A man wrote in the presence of Ibn 'Umar, 'In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, Most Merciful, to so-and-so.' Ibn 'Umar forbade him and said, 'Say:

'In the Name of Allah. It is for Him.'"

الأدب المفرد:١١٢٦وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ

عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ كَتَبَ رَجُلٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ لِفُلاَنٍ فَنَهَاهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَقَالَ قُلْ بِسْمِ اللهِ هُوَ لَهُ

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