Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: Recitations in Salah (prayer) َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِ٠َّدٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ الْجَ٠َّالِ قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠اً فَكَانَ إِذَا كَانَتْ صَلاَةٌ لاَ يُجْهَرُ فِيهَا جَهَرَ بِ بِسْ٠ِ وَكَانَ يَجْهَرُ فِي السُّورَتَيْنِ جَ٠20.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa’id from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from Safwan al-Jammal who has said the following: “I performed Salah (prayer) for many days in congregation led by abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), and in Salah (prayer) which is not recited loudly, he would read Bismillah, (in the name of Allah, most Beneficent, most Merciful) aloud in both Surah (chapters).” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/112))