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bayhaqi:2261 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Sulaymān b. Aḥmad b. Ayyūb al-Ṭabarānī > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > al-Thawrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl > Ibn al-Ḥanafiyyah

[Machine] Narrated by Ali, he said that the Prophet ﷺ said, "The key to prayer is purification, the initiation of prayer is the takbeer (saying Allahu Akbar), and the conclusion of prayer is the tasleem (saying salaam)." Imam Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said this was also narrated from Ibn Mas'ood.  

البيهقي:٢٢٦١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ

عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مِفْتَاحُ الصَّلَاةِ الطَّهُورُ وَإِحْرَامُهَا التَّكْبِيرُ وَإِحْلَالُهَا التَّسْلِيمُ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْقَدِيمِ وَكَذَلِكَ رُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ  

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bayhaqi:3970 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh > Muḥammad b. Ghālib > Abū Ḥudhayfah > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl > Muḥammad Ibn al-Ḥanafiyyah > ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The key to prayer is purification; entering it is takbeer and exiting it is tasleem.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 1006)   

البيهقي:٣٩٧٠ – أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ غَالِبٍ ثنا أَبُو حُذَيْفَةَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِفْتَاحُ الصَّلَاةِ الطُّهُورُ وَإِحْرَامُهَا التَّكْبِيرُ وَإِحْلَالُهَا التَّسْلِيمُ  

bayhaqi:2962 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Abū al-Qāsim al-Ṭabarānī > Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > al-Thawrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl > Ibn al-Ḥanafiyyah > ʿAlī

[Machine] Narrated by Ali, he said that the Prophet ﷺ said, "The key to prayer is purification, its initiation is the Takbeer (saying Allahu Akbar), and its conclusion is the Tasleem (saying As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah)." This was also narrated in the Hadith of Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri and others from the Prophet ﷺ . This indicates the weakness of...  

البيهقي:٢٩٦٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ ثنا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ

عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مِفْتَاحُ الصَّلَاةِ الطُّهُورُ وَإِحْرَامُهَا التَّكْبِيرُ وَإِحْلَالُهَا التَّسْلِيمُ وَرُوِّينَا ذَلِكَ فِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَفِي ذَلِكَ دَلَالَةٌ عَلَى ضِعْفِ  

bayhaqi:3373 – ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Sulaymān b. Aḥmad b. Ayyūb > al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl > Ibn al-Ḥanafiyyah > ʿAlī

The Messenger of Allah said: "The key to prayer is purification, its opening is to say Allahu Akbar and its closing is to say As-salamu 'alaikum." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 276)   

البيهقي:٣٣٧٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ ثنا الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ

عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مِفْتَاحُ الصَّلَاةِ الطُّهُورُ وَإِحْرَامُهَا التَّكْبِيرُ وَإِحْلَالُهَا التَّسْلِيمُ