Hadith 19481

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: كَتَبْتُ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ، فَقَالَ: اكْتُبْ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، أَمَّا بَعْدُ: إِلَى فُلانٍ.

Anas ibn Sirin said, "I wrote for Ibn 'Umar and he said, 'Write:
"In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, Most Merciful. Following on fromthat: To so-and-so."'" (ES)

Reference (ES): Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1125 (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 45, Hadith 9 (ES)

English translation (ES): Book 45, Hadith 1125 (ES)