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246. Anas narrated: "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ, Abū Bakr, 'Umar, and 'Uthmān opened the Ṣalāt with (Al-Ḥamdu-lillāhi rabbil-ʿālamīn)." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
Abū 'Eisā said: This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
This is acted upon by the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, the Tābi'īn and those after them. They would open their recitation with (Al-Ḥamdu-lillāhi rabbil-ʿālamīn).
Ash-Shāfi'ī said: This Ḥadīth only means that the Prophet ﷺ, Abū Bakr, 'Umar, and 'Uthmān would open their recitation with (Al-Ḥamdu-lillāhi rabbil-ʿālamīn), that is: that they would begin their recitation by reciting Fātiḥatil-Kutāb before another Sūrah, and it does not mean that they would not recite (Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm).
Ash-Shāfi'ī held the view that one is to begin with (Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm), and that he recites it aloud when his recitation is aloud.
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Commentary
Imām Abū Ḥanīfah holds the opinion that 'Bismillāh' [in the Name of Allāh]
is a part of the Qur'an but it is not a part of any particular Sūrat, instead it was revealed just for separation and distinction between the Sūrah. Depending upon the apparent evidences this opinion looks more accurate. Allāh knows best!
