الادب المفرد
Al-Adab al-Mufrad
كتاب الرسائلBook of Letters
بَابُ: بِمَنْ يَبْدَأُ فِي الْكِتَابِ؟Chapter: Whom to mention first in a letter
Hadith 1128
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ”إِنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ - وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ - وَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ صَاحِبُهُ: مِنْ فُلاَنٍ إِلَى فُلانٍ.“
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "There was a man from the Children of Israel - then he mentioned a long hadith - and he wrote to his companion as follows: From so-and-so to so-and-so."
