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Sunan an-Nasa'iThe Book of the Commencement of the Prayer

Sunan an-Nasa'i 908

Chapter: Not saying "In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful" Aloud

Weak 3 scholars’ grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 908

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn Mughaffal

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو نُعَامَةَ الْحَنَفِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ، قَالَ كَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُغَفَّلٍ إِذَا سَمِعَ أَحَدَنَا، يَقْرَأُ ‏‏{‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ‏}‏ يَقُولُ

صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَخَلْفَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَخَلْفَ عُمَرَ رضى الله عنهما فَمَا سَمِعْتُ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ قَرَأَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ‏.‏

Ibn Abdullah bin Mughaffal said:

"If Abdullah bin Mughaffal heard any one of us recite: 'In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful', he would say: 'I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and behind Abu Bakr and behind Umar-may Allah be pleased with them both- and I did not hear any of them recite: 'In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful."

Reported by An-Nasa’i (No. 908).

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 908
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good chain (hasan)Isnaad Hasan The chain only No. 908
Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddahd. 1417 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 908

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  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (968)صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، وَخَلْفَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، وَخَلْفَ عُمَرَ ، فَمَا سَمِعْتُ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ قَرَأَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ سورة الفاتحة آية 1

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