Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1126
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ: كَتَبَ رَجُلٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، لِفُلاَنٍ، فَنَهَاهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَقَالَ: قُلْ: بِسْمِ اللهِ، هُوَ لَهُ.
Translation
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Anas ibn Sirin said: A man wrote in Ibn Umar’s presence, “In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful, to so-and-so.” Ibn Umar stopped him and said, “Say: In the Name of Allah; it is for Him.”