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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صفة الصلاةChapters on the Description of Prayer
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الْبَسْمَلَةِ عِنْدَ قِرَاءَةِ الْفَاتِحَةِChapter on Saying Bismillah When Reciting Al-Fatiha
Hadith 1563
اُردوEn
عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَخَلْفَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَكُونُوا يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ بِـ {بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ}، قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: قُلْتُ لِقَتَادَةَ: أَسْمِعْتَهُ مِنْ أَنَسٍ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ نَحْنُ سَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْهُ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I offered prayer behind the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, Sayyiduna Umar, and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them), and they would not begin with {بِسْمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ}. Shu’bah says: I asked Qatadah, “Did you hear this hadith from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him)?” He replied, “Yes! We had asked him about this.”
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The essence of these and other narrations of Sayyiduna Anas radi Allahu anhu is that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam did not recite {بِسْمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ} aloud along with Surah al-Fatihah; the negation here refers specifically to the negation of reciting aloud, because the wording of the narration in Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah is: "Kanu yusirrun," meaning: they would recite {بِسْمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ} in a low (silent) voice.
