Hadith 7

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Book 45: Letters

Chapter 527

Beginning letters with "In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, Most Merciful"

بَابُ صَدْرِ الرَّسَائِلِ‏:‏ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1123
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ قَالَ‏:‏ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ الْحَسَنَ عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏؟‏ قَالَ‏:‏ تِلْكَ صُدُورُ الرَّسَائِلِ‏.‏
Abu Mas'ud al-Jurayri related to him that a man asked al-Hasan about reading, "In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, Most Merciful." He said, "That should be put at the beginning of letters."