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ahmad:12974 – Ismāʿīl > Saʿīd b. Yazīd

[Machine] Narrated Anas bin Malik: I asked the Prophet ﷺ if he used to begin reciting the Quran with "Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim" (In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful) or with "Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen" (Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds)? He replied, "You asked me about something no one has asked me before."  

أحمد:١٢٩٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ

أَخْبَرَنَا قَالَقُلْتُ لِأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْتَفْتِحُ الْقِرَاءَةَ بِ {بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1] أَوْ بِ {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} [الفاتحة 2] ؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّكَ لَتَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهُ أَحَدٌ  

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ahmad:13337 – Abū al-Mughīrah > al-Awzāʿī > Katab Ilay Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman, and they would begin by reciting "Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alamin" (Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds) [Surah Al-Fatiha: 2], without mentioning "Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem" (In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful) [Surah Al-Fatiha: 1] in the beginning or at the end of the recitation.  

أحمد:١٣٣٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ قَتَادَةُ حَدَّثَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ فَكَانُوا يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ بِ {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} [الفاتحة 2] لَا يَذْكُرُونَ {بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1] فِي أَوَّلِ الْقِرَاءَةِ وَلَا فِي آخِرِهَا  

ahmad:12810 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

I observed prayer along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and with Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman (may Allah be pleased with all of them), but I never heard any one of them reciting Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim loudly. (Using translation from Muslim 399a)  

أحمد:١٢٨١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ يَقْرَأُ {بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1] قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْتَفْتِحُ الْقِرَاءَةَ؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّكَ لَتَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهُ أَحَدٌ  

ahmad:12700 – Ghassān b. Muḍar > Saʿīd / Ibn Yazīd Abū Maslamah

[Machine] I asked Anas if the Prophet ﷺ used to recite "Bismillah hir Rahman ir Raheem" [Al-Fatiha 1] or "Al hamdu lillahi Rabbil 'alamin" [Al-Fatiha 2]. He said, "You ask me about something that I do not remember or that no one has asked me before."  

أحمد:١٢٧٠٠ – حَدَّثَنَا غَسَّانُ بْنُ مُضَرَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ يَزِيدَ أَبُو مَسْلَمَةَ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ أَنَسًا أَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ {بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1] أَوْ {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} [الفاتحة 2] ؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّكَ لَتَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ مَاأَحْفَظُهُ أَوْ مَا سَأَلَنِي أَحَدٌ قَبْلَكَ  

hakim:3018 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār al-ʿUṭāridī > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > Ibn Jurayj from his father > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās And Laqad Ātaynāk Sabʿ from al-Mathānī al-Ḥjr 87 > Fātiḥah al-Kitāb Thum

[Machine] "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds." (Surah Al-Fatiha 1:2)

So, I said to my father, "Sa'eed informed you that Ibn Abbas said, 'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful' is a verse." He replied, "Yes."  

الحاكم:٣٠١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ الْعُطَارِدِيُّ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ {وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَاكَ سَبْعًا مِنَ الْمَثَانِي} [الحجر 87] قَالَ فَاتِحَةُ الْكِتَابِ ثُمَّ قَالَ

{بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} [الفاتحة 2] فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي لَقَدْ أَخْبَرَكَ سَعِيدٌ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ {بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1] آيَةٌ قَالَ «نَعَمْ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَتَمَامُ هَذَا الْبَابِ فِي كِتَابِ الصَّلَاةِ صحيح