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ahmad:12084Sufyān > Ayyūb > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] I prayed behind the Prophet, ﷺ , and Abu Bakr and Umar, and they used to begin with "Alhamdu lillahi" [Chapter 1, verse 2 of Al-Fatihah].  

أحمد:١٢٠٨٤حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فَكَانُوا يَفْتَتِحُونَ بِ {الْحَمْدُ} [الفاتحة 2]  


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bukhari:743Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

The Prophet, Abu Bakr and ʿUmar used to start the prayer with "Al hamdu li l-lahi Rabbi l-ʿalamin (All praise is but to Allah, Lord of the Worlds).  

البخاري:٧٤٣حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ؓ كَانُوا يَفْتَتِحُونَ الصَّلاَةَ بِ {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ}  

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