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Is Bismillah a Part of Every Chapter? - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Is Bismillah a Part of Every Chapter? 2022-10-30 1356 Views Bismillah , Suratul Hamd Amongst the Shia scholars, there exists no difference of opinion on the fact that Bismillah is part of Suratul Hamd and every chapter of the Noble Quran (except Suratul Tawbah as shall be mentioned later) (1).

Basically, the presence of Bismillah at the beginning of all the chapters in the text of the Quran is itself proof of this issue since we do know that nothing has been added to the text of the Qur`an and the mention of Bismillah, at the start of all chapters, has been prevalent since the time of the Noble Prophet (s.a.w.a) till today.

However, as far as the Sunni scholars are concerned, the author of Tafsirul Manar has presented a comprehensive collection of their views, which is as follows: “There exists a debate amongst scholars as to whether Bismillah, at the start of every chapter, is a part of the chapter or not.

The ancient scholars from Makkah – jurisprudents and the Quran-Reciters alike – amongst them Ibn Kathir; those from Kufah, amongst them the Quran-reciters ‘Asim and Kasa`i; some of the and the Followers (2) of Medina; Thauri and Ahmad (in one of his two opinions) and so too Shafi’i and his followers – all are of the belief that it is part of the chapter. And similarly the Twelve-Imam Shia scholars and (according to them) the like ‘Ali, Ibn ‘Abbas, ‘Abdullah b.

‘Umar and Abu Hurairah; some scholars from the followers such as Sa’id b. Jubair, ‘Ata, Zuhri and Ibn al-Mubarik – all have opted for this opinion.” He then adds: “Their most important proof is that the and those who came after them – despite emphasizing that the Qur`an ought to be purified from everything which is not part of it, for which reason they never mentioned ‘Amin’ at the end of the (recitation) of Suratul Fatiha – were unanimous in reciting ‘Bismillah’ at the start of every chapter, except Suratul Baraat.” He then goes on to state that Malik, the followers of Abu Hanifah and some others considered Bismillah to be a separate verse, which had been revealed to indicate the beginning of the chapters and serve as a separator between them.

He then narrates from Ahmad (the renowned Sunni jurisprudent) and some of the Qur`an-reciters of Kufah that they believed Bismillah to be a part of Suratul Hamd only and not of the other chapters.