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tabarani:12546 – al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. Qays > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] Gabriel, ﷺ , used to descend upon the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , revealing to him the divine revelation. And when he said, "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful," he began another chapter.  

الطبراني:١٢٥٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يُنَزِّلُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْوَحْيَ فَإِذَا قَالَ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ افْتَتَحَ سُورَةً أُخْرَى  

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hakim:4218 – Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Shaybānī Bi-al-Kūfah > Aḥmad b. Ḥāzim al-Ghifārī > ʿAlī b. Ḥakīm > Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > Muthanná b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ used to say "Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim" (In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful) when Jibril (Gabriel) ﷺ revealed to him a surah.  

الحاكم:٤٢١٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ الْغِفَارِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ ثنا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُثَنَّى بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا نَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ عَلِمَ أَنَّهَا سُورَةٌ  

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