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Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1126

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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

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  1. Anas ibn Sirin said, "A man wrote in the presence of Ibn 'Umar, 'In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, Most Merciful, to so-and-so.' Ibn 'Umar forbade him and said, 'Say:

✧ Anas b. Sīrīn reported: A man wrote before Ibn ʿUmar: “Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm for so-and-so.” Ibn ʿUmar forbade him and said, “Say: Bismillāh, it is for him.”

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