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ahmad:26583 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Umawī > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > Um Salamah > Suʾilat

[Machine] Regarding the reading of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , she said, "He would recite his recitation verse by verse: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. [Al-Fatiha:1] Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. [Al-Fatiha:2] The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. [Al-Fatiha:1] Master of the Day of Judgment."  

أحمد:٢٦٥٨٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأُمَوِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ أَنَّهَا سُئِلَتْ

عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ كَانَ يُقَطِّعُ قِرَاءَتَهُ آيَةً آيَةً {بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1] {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} [الفاتحة 2] {الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1] {مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ}  

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abudawud:4001 – Saʿīd b. Yaḥyá al-Umawī from my father > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > Um Salamah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite: "In the name of Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds; most Gracious, most Merciful; Master of the Day of Judgment," breaking its recitation into verses, one after another. Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad (b. Hanbal) say: The early reading is: Maliki yawmi'l-din.  

أبو داود:٤٠٠١ – حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الأُمَوِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّهَا ذَكَرَتْ أَوْ كَلِمَةً غَيْرَهَا قِرَاءَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ { بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ * الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ * الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ * مَلِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ } يَقْطَعُ قِرَاءَتَهُ آيَةً آيَةً  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ سَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ يَقُولُ الْقِرَاءَةُ الْقَدِيمَةُ { مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ }
hakim:2909 – al-Ḥusayn b. Ayyūb And Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū ʿUbayd al-Qāsim b. Sallām > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Umawī > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Jurayj > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah

[Machine] Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to start his recitation with the verses: 'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Master of the Day of Judgment.'"  

الحاكم:٢٩٠٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَا ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأُمَوِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ

عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُقَطِّعُ قِرَاءَتَهُ {بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ} »  

hakim:2910 – Abū al-Walīd al-Faqīh And ʾAbū Bakr b. Quraysh Waʾabū ʿAmr b. ʿAbdws al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > ʿAlī b. Ḥujr b. Iyās al-Saʿdī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Qurashī > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > Um Salamah > al-Nabī ﷺ

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to recite his prayers verse by verse, starting with "Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'alamin" (Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds) from Surah Al-Fatiha (Chapter 1, Verse 2). Then he would pause and recite "Ar-Rahmanir-Rahim" (The Most Merciful, The Ever-Merciful) from Surah Al-Fatiha (Chapter 1, Verse 1). Then he would pause again. Ibn Abi Mulayka said, "Umm Salamah used to recite it as 'Maliki yawmid-din' (The Master of the Day of Judgment)."  

الحاكم:٢٩١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الْفَقِيهُ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ قُرَيْشٍ وَأَبُو عَمْرِو بْنُ عَبْدوسٍ الْمُقْرِئُ قَالُوا ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرِ بْنِ إِيَاسٍ السَّعْدِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْطَعُ قِرَاءَتَهُ آيَةَ آيَةً {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} [الفاتحة 2] ثُمَّ يَقِفُ {الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1] ثُمَّ يَقِفُ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ «وَكَانَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ تَقْرَؤُهَا (مَلِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ) »  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَلَهُ شَاهِدٌ بِإِسْنَادٍ صَحِيحٍ عَلَى شَرْطِهِمَا عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَعلى شرط البخاري ومسلم
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
hakim:847 – Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Shaybānī > Abū al-ʿAlāʾ Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Jaʿfar al-Kūfī Bimiṣr > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Um Salamah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to recite "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" [Chapter Al-Fatiha, verse 1], and "All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds" [Chapter Al-Fatiha, verse 2]. He would recite them letter by letter.  

الحاكم:٨٤٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْعَلَاءِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْكُوفِيُّ بِمِصْرَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ {بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1] {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} [الفاتحة 2] يَقْطَعُهَا حَرْفًا حَرْفًا  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرطهما
tabarani:20000 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū ʿUbayd al-Qāsim b. Sallām > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Umawī > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Um Salamah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pause in his recitation when he reached the verse "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Master of the Day of Judgment."  

الطبراني:٢٠٠٠٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأُمَوِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُقَطِّعُ فِي قِرَاءَتِهِ {بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ} »  

bayhaqi:2383 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Saʿīd b. Yaḥyá al-Umawī from my father > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite: "In the name of Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds; most Gracious, most Merciful; Master of the Day of Judgment," breaking its recitation into verses, one after another. Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad (b. Hanbal) say: The early reading is: Maliki yawmi'l-din. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4001)   

البيهقي:٢٣٨٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْأُمَوِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ

عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ذَكَرَتْ أَوْ كَلِمَةً غَيْرَهَا قِرَاءَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ {بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ} يُقَطِّعُ قِرَاءَتَهُ آيَةً آيَةً  

bayhaqi:2385 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Ṣaghānī > Khālid b. Khidāsh > ʿUmar b. Hārūn > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Um Salamah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited in prayer, "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" [Al-Fatihah 1]. He considered it as one verse, "Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds" [Al-Fatihah 2], consisting of two verses, "The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" [Al-Fatihah 1], containing three verses, "Master of the Day of Judgment" [Al-Fatihah 4], comprising four verses. He said, "This is how we worship You and seek Your help" [Al-Fatihah 5], while joining his fingers together. Ibn Khuzaymah mentioned this in his book from As-Saghani.  

البيهقي:٢٣٨٥ – أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ خِدَاشٍ ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ هَارُونَ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَرَأَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ {بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1] فَعَدَّهَا آيَةً {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} [الفاتحة 2] آيَتَيْنِ {الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1] ثَلَاثَ آيَاتٍ {مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ} أَرْبَعَ آيَاتٍ وَقَالَ هَكَذَا {إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ} [الفاتحة 5] وَجَمَعَ خَمْسَ أَصَابِعِهِ ورَوَاهُ ابْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ فِي كِتَابِهِ عَنِ الصَّغَانِيِّ