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ahmad:20559 – ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Abū Masʿūd al-Jurayrī Saʿīd b. Iyās > Qays b. ʿAbāyah > Ibn ʿAbdullāh b. Mughaffal > Samiʿanī Abū

[Machine] My father heard me reciting "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds" (Chapter 1:2 of the Quran). After he finished, he said, "My son, beware of engaging in unnecessary discussions in Islam. I have prayed behind the Prophet ﷺ, Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman, and none of them used to begin their recitation with 'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.' I have never seen a person who disliked unnecessary discussions more than them."  

أحمد:٢٠٥٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ سَعِيدِ بْنِ إِيَاسٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَبَايَةَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ قَالَ

سَمِعَنِي أَبِي وَأَنَا أَقْرَأُ {بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} [الفاتحة 2] فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ إِيَّاكَ وَالْحَدَثَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ فَإِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَخَلْفَ أَبِى بَكْرٍ وَخَلْفَ عُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ فَكَانُوا لَا يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ الْقِرَاءَةَ بِبِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَلَمْ أَرَ رَجُلًا قَطُّ أَبْغَضَ إِلَيْهِ الْحَدَثُ مِنْهُ  

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Collected by Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
tirmidhi:244 – Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Saʿīd b. Iyās al-Jurayrī > Qays b. ʿAbāyah > Ibn ʿAbdullāh b. Mughaffal > Samiʿanī Abū

"While I was praying, I said: Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim "In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Beneficent." My father heard me and said: "O my son this is a newly invented matter, beware of the newly-invented.'" He (Ibn Abdullah) said: "I have not seen any one of the Companions of Messenger of Allah who hated a newly invented matter in Islam more than him. And he said: 'Ihave performed Salat with the Prophet, and with Abu Bakr, and Umar, and with Uthman. I did not hear any one of them saying it. So do not say it. When you are performing Salat say: Al-Hamdu lilahi Rabbil-Alamin "All praise is due to Allah the Lord of all that exists.'"  

الترمذي:٢٤٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ إِيَاسٍ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَبَايَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ قَالَ

سَمِعَنِي أَبِي وَأَنَا فِي الصَّلاَةِ أَقُولُ (بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ) فَقَالَ لِي أَىْ بُنَىَّ مُحْدَثٌ إِيَّاكَ وَالْحَدَثَ قَالَ وَلَمْ أَرَ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ أَبْغَضَ إِلَيْهِ الْحَدَثُ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ يَعْنِي مِنْهُ قَالَ وَقَدْ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَمَعَ عُمَرَ وَمَعَ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ يَقُولُهَا فَلاَ تَقُلْهَا إِذَا أَنْتَ صَلَّيْتَ فَقُلِ (الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ)  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنْهُمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ وَعَلِيٌّ وَغَيْرُهُمْ وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ وَأَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ لاَ يَرَوْنَ أَنْ يَجْهَرَ بِ (بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ) قَالُوا وَيَقُولُهَا فِي نَفْسِهِ
ibnmajah:815 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > al-Jurayrī > Qays b. ʿAbāyah > Ibn ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mughaffal from his father

“I have rarely seen a man for whom innovation in Islam was harder to bear than him. He heard me reciting: ‘In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful’ Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim [1:1] and he said: ‘O my son, beware of innovation, for I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and with Abu Bakr, and with ‘Umar, and with ‘Uthman, and I never heard any of them saying this. When you (begin to) recite, say: ‘All the praises and thanks are to Allah, the Lord of all that exists.’ (Al-hamdu Lillahi Rabbil-‘Alamin).’” [1:2]  

ابن ماجة:٨١٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَبَايَةَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُغَفَّلِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

وَقَلَّمَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلاً أَشَدَّ عَلَيْهِ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ حَدَثًا مِنْهُ فَسَمِعَنِي وَأَنَا أَقْرَأُ {بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} فَقَالَ أَىْ بُنَىَّ إِيَّاكَ وَالْحَدَثَ فَإِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَمَعَ عُمَرَ وَمَعَ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ يَقُولُهُ فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ فَقُلِ {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ}  

ahmad:16787 – Ismāʿīl > Saʿīd b. Iyās al-Jurayrī > Qays b. ʿAbāyah > Ibn ʿAbdullāh b. Mughaffal Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh > Samiʿanī Abū > Aqūl Bism Allāh al-Raḥman al-Raḥīm al-Fātḥh 1 > Ay Bunay Iyyāk

"While I was praying, I said: Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim "In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Beneficent." My father heard me and said: "O my son this is a newly invented matter, beware of the newly-invented.'" He (Ibn Abdullah) said: "I have not seen any one of the Companions of Messenger of Allah who hated a newly invented matter in Islam more than him. And he said: 'Ihave performed Salat with the Prophet, and with Abu Bakr, and Umar, and with Uthman. I did not hear any one of them saying it. So do not say it. When you are performing Salat say: Al-Hamdu lilahi Rabbil-Alamin "All praise is due to Allah the Lord of all that exists.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 244)   

أحمد:١٦٧٨٧ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ إِيَاسٍ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَبَايَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

سَمِعَنِي أَبِي وَأَنَا أَقُولُ {بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1] فَقَالَ أَيْ بُنَيَّ إِيَّاكَ قَالَ وَلَمْ أَرَ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ أَبْغَضَ إِلَيْهِ حَدَثًا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ مِنْهُ فَإِنِّي قَدْ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَمَعَ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ يَقُولُهَا فَلَا تَقُلْهَا إِذَا أَنْتَ قَرَأْتَ فَقُلْ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ