While I was praying, I said: Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Beneficent. My father heard me and said: O my son this is a newly invented matter, beware of the newly-invented.' He (Ibn Abdullah) said: I have not seen any one of the Companions of Allah's Messenger who hated a newly invented matter in Islam more than him. And he said: 'Ihave performed Salat with the Prophet, and with Abu Bakr, and Umar, and with Uthman. I did not hear any one of them saying it. So do not say it. When you are performing Salat say: Al-Hamdu lilahi Rabbil-Alamin All praise is due to Allah the Lord of all that exists.'

The Prophet would open his Salat with (Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim).

Allah's Messenger, Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman opened the Salat with (Al-Hamdu-lillahi rabbil-alamin).

240- Saîd b. Siman (r.a.), Ebû Hüreyre (r.a.)'den şöyle işittiğini söylemiştir: "Rasûlullah (s.a.v.) namaza başlayacağında ellerini uzatarak kaldırdı." (Dârimî, Salat: 41 ; Ebû Dâvûd, Salat: 114) ® Tirmîzî: Abdullah b. Abdurrahman diyor ki: Bu hadis Yahya b. el Yeman'ın hadisinden daha sahihtir. Yahya b. el Yemân'ın hadisinde yanlışlık vardır.