Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 815
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَبَايَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُغَفَّلِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ وَقَلَّمَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلاً أَشَدَّ عَلَيْهِ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ حَدَثًا مِنْهُ فَسَمِعَنِي وَأَنَا أَقْرَأُ {بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} فَقَالَ أَىْ بُنَىَّ إِيَّاكَ وَالْحَدَثَ فَإِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَمَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَمَعَ عُمَرَ وَمَعَ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ يَقُولُهُ فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ فَقُلِ {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Isma'il ibn 'Ulayyah narrated to us, from al-Jurayri, from Qays ibn 'Abayah: The son of 'Abdullah ibn al-Mughaffal narrated to me from his father. I have rarely seen a man more stern toward an innovation in Islam than he was. He heard me reciting, ‘In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful,’ and said: ‘My son, beware of newly introduced practices. I prayed with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), with Abu Bakr, with 'Umar, and with 'Uthman, and I never heard any of them say it. When you recite, say: “Praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds.”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source includes a narrator's evaluation of the father's strictness toward religious innovation, followed by the father's instruction about the basmalah and opening recitation.
وَقَلَّمَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلاً أَشَدَّ عَلَيْهِ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ حَدَثًا مِنْهُ
The subject and antecedent of the comparison are compact; the narrator may be describing the father before reporting his words.
Who is the subject of the introductory evaluation in the source wording?