PROOFS FOR BEGINNING WITH THE BASMALAH Why does he start with Bismillah, this is a matter of Ibaadah and when you do Ibaadah, theburden of proof is on you to bring proof. You have to bring proof when you are doing anIbaadah, the burden is on the one doing the Ibaadah to bring proof. IT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE QUR’AN There are a hundred and fourteen Bismillahi Ar-Rahmaan Ar- Raheem in the Qur’an.Even though there are a hundred and thirteen in the start of the Surahs, Tawbah doesn’t have Bismillahi Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem, but in Surah Naml:Compensates for the one missing in Surah at-Tawbah. Ibn Abbaas said the Prophet sallallahu‘alayhi wa sallam did not know the beginning and end of Surah, except by Bismillahi Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem. THE PROPHET SALLALLAHU‘ALAYHI WASALLAM BEGAN HIS LETTERS WITH BISMILLAHI AR-RAHMAAN AR-RAHEEM In Bukhari, in Muslim, from Muhammad sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam to He raclius, he startedthe letter with Bismillahi Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem: When the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam made a treaty with Quraysh, Suhayl ibn ‘Amr came to do the treaty with the Prophet between him and Quraysh, he told Ali:He told Ali, start and write and say Bismillahi Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem. Az-Zuhri narrated asimilar Hadith like that. Ibn Hajr said it is the trend of the scholars and that which is settledupon that they always start their works with Bismillahi Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem.Abu Bakr did the same, when he sent Anas ibn Maalik to Bahrain, he sent a letter with himand he started it with Bismillahi Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem.
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