سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنةEstablishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
بَابُ : افْتِتَاحِ الْقِرَاءَةِChapter: Starting the recitation
Hadith 815
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل بْنُ عُلَيَّةَ ، عَنْ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَبَايَةَ ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُغَفَّلِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : وَقَلَّمَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا أَشَدَّ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ حَدَثًا مِنْهُ ، فَسَمِعَنِي وَأَنَا أَقْرَأُ : بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ سورة الفاتحة آية 1 ، فَقَالَ : " أَيْ بُنَيَّ إِيَّاكَ وَالْحَدَثَ ، فَإِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَمَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، وَمَعَ عُمَرَ ، وَمَعَ عُثْمَانَ ، فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ يَقُولُهُ ، فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ فَقُلْ : الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ سورة الفاتحة آية 2 " .
´Ibn ‘Abdullah bin Mughaffal narrated from his father and he said:` “I have rarely seen a man for whom innovation in Islam was harder to bear than him. He heard me reciting: ‘In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful’ Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim [1:1] and he said: ‘O my son, beware of innovation, for I prayed with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and with Abu Bakr, and with ‘Umar, and with ‘Uthman, and I never heard any of them saying this. When you (begin to) recite, say: ‘All the praises and thanks are to Allah, the Lord of all that exists.’ (Al-hamdu Lillahi Rabbil-‘Alamin).’” [1:2]
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Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
909. Commentary: By not reciting «بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ», what is meant is not to recite it aloud, and the narrations that support this are more numerous and more authentic. Therefore, the established practice should be to recite it quietly, because the Rightly Guided Caliphs (radi Allahu anhum) surpassed all the other Companions (radi Allahu anhum) in knowledge of the pauses (waqf) in recitation, especially Abu Bakr and Umar (radi Allahu anhuma). However, it is also permissible to recite it aloud occasionally, as has been mentioned in some narrations.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 909
