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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ قَتَادَةَ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ مِنْ أَنَسٍ

ibnhibban:1799ʿUmar b. Ismāʿīl b. Abū Ghaylān al-Thaqafī And al-Ṣṣūfī Waghayruhumā > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Shuʿbah Washaybān > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

"I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman, may Allah be pleased with them, and I did not hear any of them say out loud: In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 907)  

ابن حبّان:١٧٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي غَيْلَانَ الثَّقَفِيُّ وَالصُّوفِيُّ وَغَيْرُهُمَا قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَشَيْبَانُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

«صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا يَجْهَرْ بِبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ»  


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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
muslim:399aMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār > Ghundar > Ibn al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

I observed prayer along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and with Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman (may Allah be pleased with all of them), but I never heard any one of them reciting Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim loudly.  

مسلم:٣٩٩aحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ غُنْدَرٍ قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ يَقْرَأُ {بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ}  

nasai:907ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd Abū Saʿīd al-Ashaj > ʿUqbah b. Khālid > Shuʿbah And Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Anas > Ṣallayt

"I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman, may Allah be pleased with them, and I did not hear any of them say out loud: In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful."  

النسائي:٩٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَابْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ ؓ فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ يَجْهَرُ بِ { بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ }  

ahmad:13784al-Aḥwaṣ b. Jawwāb > ʿAmmār b. Ruzayq > al-Aʿmash > Shuʿbah > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , Abu Bakr, and Umar, and they did not recite aloud "Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim" (In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful) [Al-Fatihah 1].  

أحمد:١٣٧٨٤حَدَّثَنَا الْأَحْوَصُ بْنُ جَوَّابٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَمَّارُ بْنُ رُزَيْقٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَمَعَ عُمَرَ فَلَمْ يَجْهَرُوا بِ {بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1]  

ahmad:13892Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

I observed prayer along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and with Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman (may Allah be pleased with all of them), but I never heard any one of them reciting Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim loudly. (Using translation from Muslim 399a)  

أحمد:١٣٨٩٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ يَقُولُ {بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1]  

ahmad:12845Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] "I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , as well as behind Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman, and they would not audibly recite 'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful' (Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem) in Surah Al-Fatiha."  

أحمد:١٢٨٤٥حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَخَلْفَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ فَكَانُوا لَا يَجْهَرُونَ بِ {بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1]  

ahmad:13915Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] "I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and behind Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman. They would not recite aloud the Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim (In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful) in Al-Fatiha (Chapter 1)."  

أحمد:١٣٩١٥حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَخَلْفَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ فَكَانُوا لَا يَجْهَرُونَ بِ {بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1]  

ahmad:20545Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUthmān b. Ghiyāth > Abū Naʿāmahaʿan Ibn ʿAbdullāh b. Mughaffal

[Machine] One of us heard someone saying "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" and he says "Eehee Eehee, I have prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abu Bakr, and Umar, and I did not hear any of them saying "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful."  

أحمد:٢٠٥٤٥حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو نَعَامَةَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ قَالَ كَانَ أَبُونَا إِذَا

سَمِعَ أَحَدًا مِنَّا يَقُولُ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ يَقُولُ إِهِي إِهِي صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ يَقُولُ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ يَجْهَرُ بِـ {بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} فِي كُلِّ الصَّلَوَاتِ

ibnhibban:1802Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū ʿAwn > Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥammāl > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Sufyān > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Anas

[Machine] "And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , Abu Bakr, and Umar, may Allah be pleased with them, did not utter aloud 'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.'"  

ابن حبّان:١٨٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَوْنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَمَّالُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

«وَكَانَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا لَا يَجْهَرُونَ بِ {بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} »  

ذِكْرُ السَّبَبِ الَّذِي مِنْ أَجْلِهِ أَسْفَرَ بِصَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ فِي أَوَّلِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَوَّلَ مَا أَسْفَرَ بِهَا

ibnhibban:1496ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > Nahīk b. Yarīm > Mughīth b. Sumay > Ṣallá Binā ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr al-Ghadāh Faghallas And al-Tafat > Ibn ʿUmar > Mā Hadhih al-Ṣalāh

[Machine] "This is our prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Abu Bakr and Umar, may Allah be pleased with them. When Umar was martyred, Uthman took charge of it, may Allah be pleased with him."  

ابن حبّان:١٤٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نَهِيكُ بْنُ يَرِيمَ عَنْ مُغِيثِ بْنِ سُمَيٍّ قَالَ صَلَّى بِنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ الْغَدَاةَ فَغَلَّسَ فَالْتَفَتُّ إِلَى ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةُ؟ قَالَ

«هَذِهِ صَلَاتُنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ عُمَرُ أَسْفَرَ بِهَا عُثْمَانُ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ»  

tabarani:739ʿAbdullāh b. Wuhayb al-Ghazzī > Muḥammad b. Abū al-Sarī > Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān from his father > al-Ḥasan > Anas

[Machine] The translation of the passage is: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to start with 'Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim' (In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful), as did Abu Bakr and Umar."  

الطبراني:٧٣٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وُهَيْبٍ الْغَزِّيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ ثنا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُسِرُّ بِبِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ ؓ  

nasai-kubra:981ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd al-Ashaj Abū Saʿīd > ʿUqbah > Shuʿbah And Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Anas

"I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman, may Allah be pleased with them, and I did not hear any of them say out loud: In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 907)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٨١أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَشَجِّ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَابْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

«صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ يَجْهَرُ بِبِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ»