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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ

ibnhibban:6317Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Yūsuf > ʿAlī b. Naṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī > ʿAmr b. ʿĀṣim > Hammām b. Yaḥyá And Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The reading of the Prophet ﷺ used to start by extending with 'In the name of Allah' and extend with 'The Most Merciful' and extend with 'The Merciful'.  

ابن حبّان:٦٣١٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ نَصْرِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَجَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

«كَانَتْ قِرَاءَةُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَدًّا يَمُدُّ بِبِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَيَمُدُّ بِالرَّحْمَنِ وَيَمُدُّ بِالرَّحِيمِ»  


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bukhari:5046ʿAmr b. ʿĀṣim > Hammām > Qatādah

Anas was asked, "How was the recitation (of the Qur'an) of the Prophet?' He replied, "It was characterized by the prolongation of certain sounds." He then recited: In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful prolonging the pronunciation of 'In the Name of Allah, 'the most Beneficent,' and 'the Most Merciful.  

البخاري:٥٠٤٦حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ أَنَسٌ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ قِرَاءَةُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ كَانَتْ مَدًّا ثُمَّ قَرَأَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ يَمُدُّ بِبِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَيَمُدُّ بِالرَّحْمَنِ وَيَمُدُّ بِالرَّحِيمِ