Explanation of the Book of Tawhid-01b
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The Reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Muhammad narrated to us. He said: Ahmad ibn Salih narrated to us. He said: Ibn Wahb narrated to us. He said: Amr narrated to us from Ibn Abi Hilal, that Abu al-Rijal Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman narrated to him from his mother, Ummara bint Abd al-Rahman, who was in the care of Aisha, the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), from Aisha: Mishkat al-Masabih 2129.
The Shaykh : Well, generally, leave it out as long as it is present in the commentary; include it. I do not have what he referred to... I mean, there is a possibility regarding this narrator from al-Bukhari, but as long as the original manuscript is there, there is no possibility that the narrator from al-Bukhari said "Muhammad narrated to us." However, this is contrary to custom. The custom is that when he says "Abu Abd Allah said," he mentions him by his kunya, and that is our original.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The point of this hadith is this man whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent on a military expedition, who used to recite for his companions and conclude with "Qul huwa Allahu Ahad." His statement, "he concludes with 'Qul huwa Allahu Ahad,'" could mean that he concludes the recitation of every rak'ah, or that he concludes the prayer in general. According to the first possibility: if it is in the four-rak'ah prayer, he recites[Al-Ikhlas 112:1] four times. According to the second possibility: he recites it once. The jurists have used this as evidence for the permissibility of combining two surahs in one rak'ah. And his statement: He does not mean that it is the speech of Allah as His attribute, because this description is not specific to "Qul huwa Allahu Ahad" but encompasses the entire Qur'an. Rather, his intention is that it contains the description of the Most Merciful, for all the attributes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) are included in this surah and encompassed by it.
‘Ā’isha said that the Prophet sent a man in charge of an expedition and he would recite for his companions during their prayer, finishing with “Say, He is God, One.” When they returned they mentioned that to the Prophet, and he told them to ask him why he did that. They asked him and he replied, “Because it is a description of the Compassionate One, and I like to recite it.” Then the Prophet said, “Tell him that God loves him.” (Bukhārī and Muslim.)
أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بعث رجلا على سرية ، وكان يقرأ لأصحابه في صلاته ويختم بقل هو الله أحد ، فلما رجعوا ذكروا ذلك للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال : سلوه لأي شيء يصنع ذلك، فسألوه فقال : لأنها صفة الرحمن، وأنا أحب أن أقرأ بها، فقال صلى الله عليه وسلم : أخبروه أن الله يحبهThe Shaykh : Well, generally, leave it out as long as it is present in the commentary; include it. I do not have what he referred to... I mean, there is a possibility regarding this narrator from al-Bukhari, but as long as the original manuscript is there, there is no possibility that the narrator from al-Bukhari said "Muhammad narrated to us." However, this is contrary to custom. The custom is that when he says "Abu Abd Allah said," he mentions him by his kunya, and that is our original.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The point of this hadith is this man whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent on a military expedition, who used to recite for his companions and conclude with "Qul huwa Allahu Ahad." His statement, "he concludes with 'Qul huwa Allahu Ahad,'" could mean that he concludes the recitation of every rak'ah, or that he concludes the prayer in general. According to the first possibility: if it is in the four-rak'ah prayer, he recites