Did you come across a report from Salman in which it is stated that when he read from the middle of a surah, he would begin with the Basmala?

The student : My Shaykh, I came across a report, or to be precise, one of the brothers pointed out a report to me.

The Shaykh : Very good.
The student : It is in the biography of Salman al-Farisi in the biographical dictionaries. Although, by the grace of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), I have read all the biographical dictionaries, sometimes one does not remember some of the precise details after going over them in one’s mind.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : It states: “Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) would read a verse from the middle of a surah and read before it—seeking refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan—excuse me, in the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.”

The Shaykh : He would read a verse from the middle of a surah.
The student : And he would read before it, in the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

The Shaykh : Yes, how? Where is this?
The student : It is there; I remember it, even al-Dhahabi seems to have said after it: “Its chain is authentic.”

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : It is good if we can bring it out tomorrow so that it can be traced to its sources or something like that, my Shaykh, yes?

The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The student : It has some strangeness to it, I mean.

The Shaykh : It is necessary.
The student : May Allah bless you.

The questioner : I mean, if he started from after, from after the point in the middle of the surah, I mean!
The student : We, yes, what is in our minds from the teachers of recitation, yes, my Shaykh.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : That the Basmala is at the beginning of the surah, whereas in the middle of the surah, it is the seeking of refuge.

The Shaykh: Yes.