Hadith #346
Arabic Text
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ إِيَاسٍ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَبَايَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الل
َّهِ قَالَ سَمِعَنِي أَبِي وَأَنَا أَقُولُ { بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ } فَقَالَ أَيْ بُنَيَّ إِيَّاكَ قَالَ وَلَمْ أَرَ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ أَبْغَضَ إِلَيْهِ حَدَثًا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ مِنْهُ فَإِنِّي قَدْ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَمَعَ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ يَقُولُهَا فَلَا تَقُلْهَا إِذَا أَنْتَ قَرَأْتَ فَقُلْ { الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ }
Isnad Chain
إسماعيل
سعيد بن إياس الجريري
قيس بن عباية
English Translation
Ismāʿīl narrated to us, he said: Saʿīd ibn Iyās al-Jurayrī narrated to us, from Qays ibn ʿAbāyah, from Ibn ʿAbdillāh ibn Mughaffal — Yazīd ibn ʿAbdillāh — who said: My father heard me saying 'Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm.' He said, 'O my son, beware!' And I did not see anyone from the Companions of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ who disliked innovation in Islam more than him. He said: 'I prayed with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, with Abū Bakr, with ʿUmar, and with ʿUthmān, and I did not hear any of them say it. So do not say it. When you recite, say: {al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabb al-ʿālamīn} (All praise is due to Allāh, Lord of the worlds).'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 32, Hadith 346
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16184
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52574