The ruling on the hadith of Salman regarding the recitation of the Basmala
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The Shaykh : Our duty is with the general public, and how are we to deal with our brothers?
The questioner : May Allah keep you safe, Professor.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you. Please, Shaykh. Oh Allah, in the name of Allah.
The questioner : Regarding the hadith of Salman that you raised recently, in which he recites the Basmala before the verse, what Allah willed.
The Shaykh : So I returned to the book of biographies and found that he had commented on the improvement of its chain of narration. How is that? It contains 'Ali ibn 'Asim al-Wasiti. Yes. He is, meaning, among those about whom al-Dhahabi says—and others besides him—that he is weak, or in his expression, they weakened him, they weakened him. Yes. As for the summary of his biography, which al-Hafiz al-'Asqalani summarized in his *Taqrib*, he is truthful but makes mistakes and persists in them, and persists in them. So, given the strangeness of the text, there is this defect in the chain of narration. The aspect of strangeness in the text appears to you from the previous research, meaning that it is not known in the Sunnah that verses are preceded by the Basmala; rather, it is as the text of the Noble Qur'an is, with the seeking of refuge. So, if the matter returns to its natural place.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : So it is.
The questioner : May Allah keep you safe, Professor.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you. Please, Shaykh. Oh Allah, in the name of Allah.
The questioner : Regarding the hadith of Salman that you raised recently, in which he recites the Basmala before the verse, what Allah willed.
The Shaykh : So I returned to the book of biographies and found that he had commented on the improvement of its chain of narration. How is that? It contains 'Ali ibn 'Asim al-Wasiti. Yes. He is, meaning, among those about whom al-Dhahabi says—and others besides him—that he is weak, or in his expression, they weakened him, they weakened him. Yes. As for the summary of his biography, which al-Hafiz al-'Asqalani summarized in his *Taqrib*, he is truthful but makes mistakes and persists in them, and persists in them. So, given the strangeness of the text, there is this defect in the chain of narration. The aspect of strangeness in the text appears to you from the previous research, meaning that it is not known in the Sunnah that verses are preceded by the Basmala; rather, it is as the text of the Noble Qur'an is, with the seeking of refuge. So, if the matter returns to its natural place.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : So it is.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1355 — d3watuna.com (2:02)
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