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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الأوائل
Book of Firsts
(باب أول ما فعل ومن فعله)
Chapter: the first to do a thing, and who did it
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 38636 — the first to do a thing, and who did
٣٨٦٣٦ - حدثنا حسين عن زائدة عن عطاء بن السائب عن الشعبي قال: أول ما كتب النبي ﷺ (كتب) (١): باسمك اللهم فلما نزلت: ﴿بِسْمِ اللَّهِ مَجْرَاهَا وَمُرْسَاهَا﴾ [هود: ٤١] كتب: ﴿بِسْمِ اللَّهِ﴾، فلما نزلت: ﴿إِنَّهُ مِنْ سُلَيْمَانَ وَإِنَّهُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ﴾ [النمل: ٣٠]، كتب: ﴿بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ﴾ (٢).
Al-Sha'bi said: The first writing that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote was 'Bismika Allahumma' (In Your name, O Allah). Then, when the Qur'anic verse "In the name of Allah is its sailing and its anchoring" [Hud: 41] was revealed, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote 'Bismillah' (In the name of Allah). Then, when the Qur'anic verse "It is from Solomon, and it is: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" [Al-Naml: 30] was revealed, he wrote 'Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim' (In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful) in full.
