صحيح الادب المفرد
Sahih Adab al-Mufrad
Part Four: Ahadith 751 to 999
باب بمن يبدأ فى الكتاب؟
Chapter on Whom to Begin With in Letters
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Hadith 861
861/1124 (صحيح الإسناد) عن نافع قال: كانت لابن عمر حاجة إلى معاوية، فأراد أن يكتب إليه، فقالوا: ابدأ به! فلم يزالوا به حتى كتب : "(بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم) إلى معاوية".
861/1124 (Authentic chain) From Nafi‘ who said: Ibn ‘Umar had a need with Mu‘awiya, so he wanted to write to him. They said: Begin with him! They kept insisting until he wrote: "(In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate) to Mu‘awiya."
Hadith 862
862/1125 (صحيح الإسناد) عن أنس بن سيرين قال: كتبت لابن عمر، فقال: اكتب ( بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم)، أما بعد : إلى فلان". وفي رواية عنه قال: "كتب رجل بين يدي ابن عمر ( بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم) لفلان، فنهاه ابن عمر، وقال: "قل: بسم الله، هو له"(1).
862/1125 (Authentic chain) From Anas ibn Sirin who said: I wrote to Ibn Umar, and he said: Write (In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful), as for what follows: to so-and-so." And in another narration from him he said: "A man wrote in the presence of Ibn Umar (In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful) to so-and-so, so Ibn Umar forbade him and said: 'Say: In the name of Allah, it is for him.'" (1).
