مسند أحمد بن حنبل
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Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal
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Chapter: Musnad of Abū Ḥamzah Anas ibn Mālik al-Anṣārī, the Servant of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
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مُسْنَدُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ خَادِمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ
Three-Narrator Ahadith 204
Saʿīd ibn Yazīd Abū Maslamah reported:
I asked Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him), “Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ use to begin his recitation of Sūrat al-Fātiḥah in prayer with ‘In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful’ (Bismillāh) or with ‘All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds’ (al-Ḥamdu lillāh) aloud?” He said, “You are asking me about something I do not remember”—or he said, “No one before you has asked me about this.”
Reference:
Musnad Aḥmad 204
حَدَّثَنَا غَسَّانُ بْنُ مُضَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ يَزِيدَ أَبُو مَسْلَمَةَ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَنَسًا: أَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ: ﴿بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ﴾ أَوْ ﴿الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ﴾؟ فَقَالَ: «إِنَّكَ لَتَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ مَا أَحْفَظُهُ، أَوْ مَا سَأَلَنِي أَحَدٌ قَبْلَكَ».
| Grade: | Ṣaḥīḥ |
Chain: Aḥmad → Ghassān ibn Muḍar → Saʿīd ibn Yazīd Abū Maslamah → Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) → the Prophet ﷺ. Rijāl: (1) Ghassān ibn Muḍar al-Azraq al-Baṣrī (d. 195 AH): Thiqa. (2) Saʿīd ibn Yazīd Abū Maslamah al-Baṣrī (d. c. 153 AH): Thiqa. (3) Anas ibn Mālik: Companion (Ṣaḥābī); the Prophet's ﷺ servant for ten years; d. 93 AH. Takhrīj: Aḥmad (3/166); Muslim in Kitāb al-Ṣalāh (399). The response of Anas—that no one had previously asked him this—may indicate that the question of reciting the basmalah aloud was a later scholarly debate rather than a live controversy during his time. Muslim’s narration clarifies that the Prophet ﷺ used to begin with al-Ḥamd directly (i.e. without reciting the basmalah aloud as a distinct opening).
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