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bayhaqi:2395 – Abū Bakr b. al-Ḥārith al-Faqīh > ʿAlī b. ʿUmar al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-Fārisī > ʿUthmān b. Khurrazādh > Manṣūr b. Abū Muzāḥim > Abū Ūways > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yaʿqūb from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "When the Prophet ﷺ led the people in prayer, he would recite 'Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim'."  

البيهقي:٢٣٩٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْفَارِسِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ خُرَّزَاذَ ثنا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ أَبِي مُزَاحِمٍ ثنا أَبُو أُوَيْسٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَمَّ النَّاسَ قَرَأَ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ  

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Collected by Qurʾān, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
quran:27:30 –

Indeed, it is from Solomon, and indeed, it reads: 'In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,  

It is from Solomon and lo! it is, in other words, its text says: “In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
القرآن:٢٧:٣٠ –

إِنَّهُ مِنْ سُلَيْمَانَ وَإِنَّهُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ  

{إنه من سليمان وإنه} أي مضمونه {بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم}.
hakim:844 – Bih > Abū ʿAbdullāh > Aḥmad b. Ḥāzim b. Abū Gharzah > ʿAlī b. Ḥakīm > al-Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > Mathná b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to recognize that it was a Surah when Gabriel came to him and recited "Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim"  

الحاكم:٨٤٤ – سَأَلْتُ أَبَا زَكَرِيَّا الْعَنْبَرِيَّ وَحَدَّثَنَا بِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَازِمِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرْزَةَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ أَنْبَأَ الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مَثْنَى بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «إِذَا جَاءَهُ جِبْرِيلُ فَقَرَأَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ عَلِمَ أَنَّهَا سُورَةٌ»  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ»
tabarani:11442 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Isḥāq b. Muḥammad al-ʿArzamī > Saʿīd b. Khuthaym > al-Awqaṣ > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to say aloud "Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim" (In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful).  

الطبراني:١١٤٤٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَرْزَمِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ خُثَيْمٍ عَنِ الْأَوْقَصِ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «كَانَ يَجْهَرُ بِبِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ»