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815. Ibn 'Abdullāh bin Mughaffal narrated from his father and he said: "I have rarely seen a man for whom innovation in Islam was harder to bear than him. He heard me reciting: 'In the Name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful' Bismillāhir-Rahmānir-Rahīm[2] and he said: 'O my son, beware of innovation, for I prayed with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and with Abu Bakr, and with 'Umar, and with 'Uthmān, and I never heard any of them saying this. When you (begin to) recite, say: 'All the praises and thanks are to Allāh, the Lord of all that exists.' (Al-hamdu Lillāhi Rabbil-Ālamīn).'[3] (Da'if) [1] Al-Fātihah 1:2. [2] Al-Fātihah 1:1. [3] Al-Fātihah 1:2.
