Ibn Jurayj narrated from his father from Sa’eed bin Jubayr...

Ibn Jurayj narrated from his father from Sa’eed bin Jubayr that ibn Abbas when talking about the Quranic verse ( And certainly We have given you seven of the oft-repeated ( verses ) and the grand Quran 15:87) had said: “It is the Fatiha[^10] of the Book; In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds…etc. ) .

Ibn Jurayj said: “I asked my father: Did Sa’eed tell you that ibn Abbas had said that ( in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful ) was a Quranic verse?

He said: Yes!”[^11] Ibn Abbas said: “The Prophet (s), whenever Gabriel came to him and recited in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful , knew that it was a sura.”[^12] Ibn Abbas said: “The Prophet (s) didn’t know that a sura was completed until a new in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful was revealed to him.”[^13] Ibn Abbas said: “The Muslims didn’t know that a sura was completed until in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful was revealed.

When it was revealed, they became certain that the previous sura was completed.”[^14] Umm Salama said: “The Prophet (s) used to recite ( in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds…etc.

) and scanned it verse by verse.”[^15] Umm Salama said in another way: “The Prophet (s) recited in the prayer ( in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful ) and counted it as the first verse and then recited ( All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds ) and counted it as the second, then ( The Beneficent, the Merciful ) as the third, ( Master of the Day of Judgment ) as the fourth, then ( Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help ) and gathered his five fingers.”[^16] Na’eem al-Mujammir said: “I was behind Abu Hurayra (in offering the prayer) when he recited ( in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful ) then he recited al-Fatiha until he finished it and said amen and the people said amen!

When he finished the prayer, he said: “I swear by Him, in Whose hand my soul is, that I am the most similar to the Prophet (s) in offering the prayer.”[^17] Abu Hurayra said: “The Prophet (s) used to recite ( in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful ) loudly in the prayers.”[^18] Anass bin Malik said: “Once Mo’awiya offered a prayer in Medina and he recited ( in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful ) loudly for al-Fatiha but he didn’t recite it for the second sura.