[Machine] Behind the Prophet ﷺ , Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman used to start their recitation with "Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alamin" (Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all worlds) [Al-Fatiha 2] without mentioning "Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim" (In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful) in the beginning or the end of the recitation.  

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

[Machine] "Behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and behind Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman, I did not hear any of them say: 'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.'"  

خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَخَلْفَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ ؓ فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ قَالَ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ  

[Machine] May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, and Abu Bakr and Umar. They used to begin their recitation with "Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alamin" [Surah Al-Fatiha, verse 2].  

ﷺ وَأَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ؓ كَانُوا يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ الْقِرَاءَةَ بِ {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} [الفاتحة 2]  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ , Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman used to start their recitation with "Alhamdulillah Rabbil 'Alamin" [Al-Fatiha 2]. Abu Abdullah and Abu Saeed added in their narration that Imam Shafi'i said that they mean they start with the recitation of Umm Al-Kitab before what is recited after it, and Allah knows better. It does not mean that they leave out "Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim" [Al-Fatiha 1].  

النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ ؓ يَفْتَتِحُونَ الْقِرَاءَةَ بِ {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} [الفاتحة 2] زَادَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ وَأَبُو سَعِيدٍ فِي رِوَايَتِهِمَا قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ يَعْنِي يَبْدَءُونَ بِقِرَاءَةِ أُمِّ الْكِتَابِ قَبْلَ مَا يُقْرَأُ بَعْدَهَا وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ وَلَا يَعْنِي أَنَّهُمْ يَتْرُكُونَ {بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1]  

[Machine] I stood behind Abu Bakr, Umar ibn Al-Khattab, and Uthman, and all of them did not recite "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" when starting the prayer, like this.  

قُمْتُ وَرَاءَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَعُثْمَانَ ؓ فَكُلُّهُمْ كَانَ لَا يَقْرَأُ {بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ كَذَا  

[Machine] I prayed behind Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman. They used to begin their recitation with "Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'alamin" (Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all worlds) [Surah Al-Fatiha, verse 2]. This is the narration of the congregation from Humaid, and some of them mentioned that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ also recited it in this manner. However, they mentioned the phrase of the beginning as "Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'alamin" [Surah Al-Fatiha, verse 2]. Harmala said that Shafi'i mentioned this, and in another narration from Malik, he contradicts it, as did Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah, Al-Fazari, Al-Thaqafi, and a number of others whom I met, seven or eight of them, unanimously disagreeing with him. And the greater number of narrators is more likely to preserve it than one. Then he favored their narration with the narration of Ayyub from Qatadah from Anas, and it has already passed.  

صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ ؓ فَكَانُوا يَفْتَتِحُونَ قِرَاءَتَهُمْ بِ {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} [الفاتحة 2] هَكَذَا رِوَايَةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ وَذَكَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ ذَكَرُوا بِلَفْظِ الِافْتِتَاحِ بِ {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} [الفاتحة 2] قَالَ حَرْمَلَةُ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ خَالَفَهُ سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ وَالْفَزَارِيُّ وَالثَّقَفِيُّ وَعَدَدٌ لَقِيتُهُمْ سَبْعَةٌ أَوْ ثَمَانِيَةٌ مُتَّفِقِينَ مُخَالِفِينَ لَهُ وَالْعَدَدُ الْكَثِيرُ أَوْلَى بِالْحِفْظِ مِنْ وَاحِدٍ ثُمَّ رَجَّحَ رِوَايَتَهُمْ بِرِوَايَةِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ وَقَدْ مَضَى  

[Machine] Behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Bakr and Umar, I never heard any of them recite "Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem" before beginning their recitation.  

خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فَمَا سَمِعْتُ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ يَقْرَأُ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَكَذَلِكَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ , Abu Bakr, and Umar did not recite, meaning they did not pronounce, "Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem" out loud in the hadith. Al-Husayn ibn Hafs narrated this and said, "They did not pronounce," but he did not say, "They did not recite." Abu Na`amah Qays ibn Abaya did not use this as evidence, and Allah knows best.  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ لَا يَقْرَءُونَ يَعْنِي لَا يَجْهَرُونَ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ كَذَا فِي الْحَدِيثِ وَرَوَاهُ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَقَالَ لَا يَجْهَرُونَ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ لَا يَقْرَءُونَ وَأَبُو نَعَامَةَ قَيْسُ بْنُ عَبَايَةَ لَمْ يَحْتَجَّ بِهِ الشَّيْخَانُ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ