Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 245

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 245
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَفْتَتِحُ صَلاَتَهُ بِـ ‏‏(‏بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ‏)‏ ‏ .‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ لَيْسَ إِسْنَادُهُ بِذَاكَ ‏.‏ وَقَدْ قَالَ بِهَذَا عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْهُمْ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَابْنُ عُمَرَ وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ رَأَوُا الْجَهْرَ بِـ ‏‏(‏بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ‏)‏ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ الشَّافِعِيُّ ‏.‏ وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ هُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ ‏.‏ وَأَبُو خَالِدٍ يُقَالُ هُوَ أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْوَالِبِيُّ وَاسْمُهُ هُرْمُزُ وَهُوَ كُوفِيٌّ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Ahmad ibn Abdah al-Dabbi narrated to us: al-Mu‘tamir ibn Sulayman narrated to us: he said: Ismail ibn Hammad narrated to me, from Abu Khalid, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Prophet used to begin his prayer with ‘In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.’

Abu Isa said: This hadith’s chain is not strong. A number of scholars among the Prophet’s Companions, including Abu Hurayrah, Ibn Umar, Ibn Abbas, and Ibn al-Zubayr, as well as those among the Successors who came after them, held this view: they considered that the basmalah should be recited aloud. This was also the view of al-Shafi‘i. Ismail ibn Hammad was the son of Abi Sulayman. Abu Khalid is said to be Abu Khalid al-Walibi, whose name was Hurmuz; he was from Kufa.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The compiler presents the audible-basmalah position while expressly judging this report’s chain weak; the prior block recorded the contrary position as another scholarly view.

  • ‏ وَقَدْ قَالَ بِهَذَا عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْهُمْ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَابْنُ عُمَرَ وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ رَأَوُا الْجَهْرَ بِـ ‏‏(‏بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ‏)‏ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ الشَّافِعِيُّ ‏.

    The compiler reports a weak chain but also notes that several Companions and Successors held for audible recitation.

    Is the chain criticism sufficiently distinguished from the separately reported legal position?