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ahmad:10998 – ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Hammām > Qatādah > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd Amaranā Nabiyyunā ﷺ

[Machine] Abu Sa'id narrated that our Prophet ﷺ commanded us to recite the Opening Chapter of the Book (Al-Fatiha) and whatever is easy for us.

أحمد:١٠٩٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ

عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ أَمَرَنَا نَبِيُّنَا ﷺ أَنْ نَقْرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَمَا تَيَسَّرَ

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bukhari:756 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Maḥmūd b. al-Rabīʿ > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever does not recite Al-Fatiha in his prayer, his prayer is invalid."

البخاري:٧٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ صَلاَةَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَقْرَأْ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ

abudawud:818 – Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Hammām > Qatādah > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd > Umirnā

we were commanded to recite Fatihat al-kitab and whatever was convenient (from the Qur’an during the prayer).

أبو داود:٨١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أُمِرْنَا

أَنْ نَقْرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَمَا تَيَسَّرَ

ibnmajah:1495 – Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb > Ibrāhīm b. ʿUthmān > al-Ḥakam > Miqsam > Ibn ʿAbbās

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Prophet ﷺ recited the Opening of the Book (Al-Fatihah) in the funeral prayer.

ابن ماجة:١٤٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مِقْسَمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَرَأَ عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ

ahmad:11922 – ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī > Amaranā Nabiyyunā ﷺ

we were commanded to recite Fatihat al-kitab and whatever was convenient (from the Qur’an during the prayer). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 818)

أحمد:١١٩٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ أَخْبَرَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

أَمَرَنَا نَبِيُّنَا ﷺ أَنْ نَقْرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَمَا تَيَسَّرَ

ahmad:11415 – Bahz And ʿAffān > Hammām > Qatādah > ʿAffān > Qatādah > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī > Amaranā Nabiyyunā ﷺ

we were commanded to recite Fatihat al-kitab and whatever was convenient (from the Qur’an during the prayer). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 818)

أحمد:١١٤١٥ – حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ وَعَفَّانُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

أَمَرَنَا نَبِيُّنَا ﷺ أَنْ نَقْرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَمَا تَيَسَّرَ

ibnhibban:1790 – Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Khaythamah > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAbd al-Wārith > Hammām > Qatādah > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī > Amaranā Nabiyyunā ﷺ

we were commanded to recite Fatihat al-kitab and whatever was convenient (from the Qur’an during the prayer). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 818)

ابن حبّان:١٧٩٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

«أَمَرَنَا نَبِيُّنَا ﷺ أَنْ نَقْرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَمَا تَيَسَّرَ»

bayhaqi:2459 – ʿAlī b. Aḥmad al-Muqriʾ al-Maʿrūf Biāb. al-Ḥammāmī > Aḥmad b. Salmān > Quriʾ > Aḥmad b. Mulāʿib > ʿAffān > And Quriʾ > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Muḥammad > Bishr b. ʿAmr Abū al-Walīd > Hammām b. Yaḥyá Ṣāḥib al-Baṣrī > Qatādah > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd

we were commanded to recite Fatihat al-kitab and whatever was convenient (from the Qur’an during the prayer). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 818)

البيهقي:٢٤٥٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْمُقْرِئُ الْمَعْرُوفُ بِابْنِ الْحَمَّامِيِّ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ قَالَ قُرِئَ عَلَى أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُلَاعِبٍ ثنا عَفَّانُ قَالَ وَقُرِئَ عَلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ ثنا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى صَاحِبُ الْبَصْرِيِّ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَقْرَأَ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَبِمَا تَيَسَّرَ

bazzar:9448 –
Translation not available.
البزّار:٩٤٤٨ – وحدثنا محمد بن بشار بندار قالَ حَدَّثَنا أَبُو عَامِرٍ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قالَ حَدَّثَنا همام عن قتادة عن أبي نضرة عن أبي سعيد قَالَ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وسلم أن نقرأ في صلاتنا بفاتحة الكتاب وما تيسروهذ الْحَدِيثُ لا نَعْلَمُ رَوَاهُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ أبي نضرة عن أبي سعيد إلا همام

suyuti:627-107b – Biá Saʿīd
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٦٢٧-١٠٧b –

"عَنْ أبِى سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: أمَرَنَا رَسُولُ الله ﷺ أَنْ نَقْرأ بِفَاتِحَةِ الكِتَابِ وَمَا تَيسر".

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