Hadith 19436

Chapter 528

باب 528

(528) بَابُ: بِمَنْ يَبْدَأُ فِي الْكِتَابِ؟

(528) Chapter: The one who is put first in a letter (ES)
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وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ: كَتَبَ رَجُلٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، لِفُلاَنٍ، فَنَهَاهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَقَالَ: قُلْ: بِسْمِ اللهِ، هُوَ لَهُ.

Anas ibn Sirin said, "A man wrote in the presence of Ibn 'Umar,'In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, Most Merciful, to so-and-so.'Ibn 'Umar forbade him and said, 'Say:
'In the Name of Allah. It is forHim.'" (ES)

Reference (ES): Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1126 (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 45, Hadith 10 (ES)

English translation (ES): Book 45, Hadith 1126 (ES)