Is there a sound hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) establishing the recitation of the Basmala aloud?
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The questioner : Yes, because some of the imams are present here.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : We say: Is there a sound hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) establishing the recitation of the Basmala aloud?
The Shaykh : By the consensus of the scholars of hadith, there is no sound hadith regarding the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) reciting the Basmala aloud. One of the scholars of hadith, either al-Daraqutni or al-Khatib—I am uncertain now, but certainly one of them—authored a treatise in which he collected all the hadiths concerning the recitation of the Basmala aloudSahih Muslim 1310a. Among them is what is in Sunan al-Tirmidhi, where one of the Companions, whose name is Abdullah ibn Mughaffal, was asked about reciting the Basmala aloud and said: .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : We say: Is there a sound hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) establishing the recitation of the Basmala aloud?
The Shaykh : By the consensus of the scholars of hadith, there is no sound hadith regarding the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) reciting the Basmala aloud. One of the scholars of hadith, either al-Daraqutni or al-Khatib—I am uncertain now, but certainly one of them—authored a treatise in which he collected all the hadiths concerning the recitation of the Basmala aloud
Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr and 'Umar
أن النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - وأبا بكر وعمر كانوا يسرُّون بالبسملةO my son, a new matter, a new matter.
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