(528) بَابُ: بِمَنْ يَبْدَأُ فِي الْكِتَابِ؟
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."'" (IT)
Reference (IT): Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1125 (IT)
In-book reference (IT): Book 45, Hadith 9 (IT)
English translation (IT): Book 45, Hadith 1125 (IT)