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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the authenticity of the hadith of Abu Hurayrah: (When you recite al-Hamdu lillahi Rabbil 'Alamin, recite Bismillahi al-Rahman al-Rahim)?

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The student: ... from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When you recite
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds - الحمد لله رب العالمين
[Al-Fatihah 1:2]
...
The Shaykh : This hadith is not authentic; this hadith is not authentic. And that is indicated by the established hadith of Abu Hurayrah in the Sahih, in which Allah the Exalted said:
I have divided the prayer into two halves between me and my servant, and my servant will receive what he asks.” When the servant says, “Praise be to God the Lord of the universe,” God most high says, “My servant has قسَمْتُ الصلاة بيني وبين عبدي نصفَين -يعني الفاتحة- فإذا قال: الحمد لله رب العالمين قال حمدني عبدي...
Mishkat al-Masabih 823
to the end of the hadith. So He began with His saying:
All the praise and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of all that exists.الحمد لله رب العالمين
Sunan an-Nasa'i 903Sahih (Darussalam)
.
Second: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not recite it aloud in the loud recitations, according to the stronger opinion. And if it were part of al-Fatihah, he would have recited it aloud just as he recites the rest of the verses aloud.
Third: The Basmalah is not part of the other surahs of the Qur'an, so we need strong evidence to clarify that it is part of al-Fatihah.
Fourth: His saying, the Exalted:
I have divided the Salat between Myself and My slaves into two halves قسمْتُ الصلاة بيني وبين عبدي نصفَيْن
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2953Sahih (Darussalam)
is half in context and half in meaning, and that does not hold if we make the Basmalah part of it. Listen:
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds - الحمد لله رب العالمين
[Al-Fatihah 1:2]
This is for Allah,
(3) The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful, (4) Sovereign of the Day of Recompense. الرحمن الرحيم * مالك يوم الدين
[Al-Fatihah 1:3-4]
for Allah, three verses,
Guide us to the straight path - اهدنا الصراط المستقيم
[Al-Fatihah 1:6]
for the servant,
The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم
[Al-Fatihah 1:7]
for the servant,
not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray. غير المغضوب عليهم ولا الضَّالين
[Al-Fatihah 1:7]
for the servant. So: three and three,
It is You we worship and You we ask for help. إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين
[Al-Fatihah 1:5]
became between them as it came in the hadith
between Me and My slave is هذا بيني وبين عبدي نصفين
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2953Sahih (Darussalam)
, so it became three and a half verses for Allah and three and a half verses for the servant. And if we said that the Basmalah is part of it, this would not be consistent.
Fifth: If you make the Basmalah part of al-Fatihah, the last verse becomes long and does not correspond to what comes before it, because it will be the last verse
The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray. صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم غير المغضوب عليهم ولا الضالين
[Al-Fatihah 1:7]
, and this does not correspond to His saying:
It is You we worship and You we ask for help. إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين
[Al-Fatihah 1:5]
or
Guide us to the straight path - اهدنا الصراط المستقيم
[Al-Fatihah 1:6]
. So it is contrary to eloquence. Thus, we have four aspects, all of which indicate that the Basmalah is not part of al-Fatihah. Yes.
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