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244. Ibn ‘Abdullāh bin Mughaffal narrated: “While I was praying, I said: «Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm» “In the Name of Allāh, the Merciful, the Beneficent.” My father heard me and said: ‘O my son this is a newly invented matter, beware of the newly-invented.’” He (Ibn ‘Abdullāh) said: “I have not seen any one of the Companions of Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ who hated a newly invented matter in Islām more than him. And he said: ‘I have performed Ṣalāt with the Prophet ﷺ, and with Abū Bakr, and ‘Umar, and with ‘Uthmān. I did not hear any one of them saying it, so do not say it. When you are performing Ṣalāt say: «Al-Ḥamdū lillāhi Rabbil-‘Alamīn» “All praise is due to Allāh the Lord of all that exists.”” (Da’if)
Abū ‘Eisā said: The Hadīth of ‘Abdullāh bin Mughaffal is a Ḥasan Hadīth. It is acted upon by most of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, among them Abū Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthmān, ‘Ali, and others – as well as those after them among the Tābi‘īn. This is the opinion of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Ibn Al-Mubārak, Aḥmad and Ishāq, they did not hold the view that one was to recite Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm aloud, they said that one should recite it to himself.
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‘Allamah Amīr As-Ṣan’ānī stated that ‘Bismillāh’ [in the Name of Allāh] is a Qur’ānic Verse; therefore it also has the status just like rest of the Qur’ān. If the recitation in prayer is made aloud, ‘Bismillah’ will also be recited aloud; if the recitation is quiet, it will too be quiet. [Subulus-Salām: 1/263. The truth is that reading it both ways is correct; however reading it quietly is better.
