What is the ruling on the mention of the Name of Allah in the tashahhud?

The questioner : There is a report from 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding the wording of the tashahhud in which he says, "In the Name of Allah, the greetings are for Allah." This is established in...

The Shaykh : The mention of the Name, meaning?

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : No, it is not established. A hadith regarding this came in some narrations of a hadith that is not established concerning the mention of the Name in any hadith. It was also narrated as marfu' (traced to the Prophet) to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in al-Nasa'i's Sunan and others. This is among the hadiths about which it is said that it is munkar (denounced), and it may also be said that it is shadhdh (anomalous). This is because this addition did not come in the authentic hadiths, some of which are in the two Sahihs and some in the Sunans, such as the hadith of Ibn Mas'ud, which is the most authentic of the hadiths of the tashahhud by the consensus of the scholars. Then the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas is in the second position in terms of authenticity, which Imam Muslim uniquely included in his Sahih without his companion al-Bukhari. Then the hadith came in al-Muwatta' from 'Umar ibn al-Khattab and from Ibn 'Umar also by strong and very authentic chains. They are devoid of the Basmala (In the Name of Allah). So, in its best state, it is anomalous, and in its reality, it is denounced. Therefore, it is not prescribed for the one performing the tashahhud to mention the Name before the tashahhud and say, "In the Name of Allah, the greetings are for Allah," because that did not come in the authentic Sunnah, of course.