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Ahadith of Prophet (s.a.) about Vociferating “In the Name of Allah”The Final Conclusion of the Matter

When followers of Ahl -e- Bait (a.s.) go to pilgrimage of Ka’ba and according to the order of Imams of Ahl -e- Bait (a.s.) attend the Jama’at (congregation) prayer of brothers of Ahl -e- Sonnat and reach the superiority of performing prayer in Masjid Alharaam and Masjid Alnabi, the first thing that they notice is that their respected Imams of Jama’at do not say “In the name of Allah” at the beginning of Hamd Sura absolutely or they say it whispery, even in Jahriyya (reciting) prayers like sunset and night.

And this happened while in all available Qur'ans which most of them are printed in Mecca, Hamd Sura has seven verses which one of the is “In the name of Allah” and this matter causes amazement that why “In the name of Allah” has came to this destiny.

But when they ask us and we tell them the story of opposition of cabbalas and sects of Ahl -e- Sonnat in “In the name of Allah” their amazement increases. It is necessary here the first we refer to available Fatwas and then to different cabbalas that have been introduced in this issue.

Generally, Faqihs has been divided to three groups:

1-   A group says that “In the name of Allah” should be cited at the beginning of Hamd Sura, vociferating in Jahriyya (reciting) prayers and whispery in Ikhfa’iyya (silent) prayers. These are Imam Shafe’ee and his followers.

2-   Persons who say that it should be cited but absolutely whispery and these are followers of Ahmad Hanbal.

3-   Another group believes that it is absolutely forbidden to cite “In the name of Allah” and these are followers of Imam Malik. Belief of followers of Abu Hanifa is similar to Malik.

Ibn Qudama, famous Faqih of Ahl -e- Sonnat, says in the book “Almughani”:

“Citing of “In the name of Allah” at the beginning of Hamd Sura and any other Sura is lawful according to most of scholars, but Malik and Uza’ee (from Sonni Faqihs) said that should not be cited at the beginning of Hamd Sura, and (about vociferating “In the name of Allah”) cabbalas that have been cited from Ahmad Hanbal altogether say that vociferating “In the name of Allah” is not Mustahab (recommended) … and it has been quoted from Ata and Tawoos and Mujahid and Saeed ibn Jubayr that “In the name of Allah” should be vociferated and Shafe’ee sect is the same”.1

In this expression all three quotes has been mentioned from them.

And we read in interpretation of “Almuneer” by Wahba Zuhaili:

“Followers of Malik and Abu Hanifa say that “In the name of Allah” is not included in Hamd Sura or other Suras of Qur'an, it is only a verse (inside) the Naml Sura … but followers of Abu Hanifa say: A person who performs prayer individually cites “In the name of Allah” in each Rak’at with Hamd Sura whispery … but followers of Shafe’ee and Ahmad Hanbal say: “In the name of Allah” is a verse of Fatiha (Hamd) Sura which is obligatory to be cited in prayer, but with the difference that Hanbalies (followers of Hanbal) says like Hanafies (follower of Hanifa) that it should be cites whispery and vociferating is not permitted, but followers of Shafe’ee says that they cite whispery in Ikhfa’iyya prayers (prayers of noon and afternoon) and vociferating in Jahriyya prayers (sunset and night prayers)”.2

Therefore the expression of Shafe’ee is closer to Shiite Faqihs, except that we believe vociferating of “In the name of Allah” in all prayers is Mustahab (recommended) and altogether believe that citing “In the name of Allah” in Hamd Sura in Wajib (obligatory) and in other Suras is known as included.

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Indeed an impartial researcher amazed, because this researcher sees that holy Prophet (s.a.) has performed most of his prayers in congregation (Jama’at) for 23 years in presence of everyone and all people had heard the prayer of his holiness with their ears, but after a short time this tremendous difference has been appeared, some people say citing “In the name of Allah” is forbidden, some says it is obligatory, a group says that it should be cited whispery, another group says that it should be vociferated in Jahriyya prayers!!

Does this strange and unbelievable difference show that the matter is not normal and a political group was planning behind this program which has forged antithetical Ahadith and has ascribed them to his holiness (keep this expression in mind until we will explain that)?

Bokhari has quoted a Hadith in his Sahih which can unveil some secrets, he says: Mutarrif quotes from “Imran ibn Hassin” that when he performed prayer with Ali (a.s.) in Basra, he said: “This man remembered us the prayer which we were performing with prophet of Allah (s.a.)!”2

Yes, it reveals that some people changed everything even prayer!

“Shafe’ee” quotes from “Wahb ibn Kaysan” in the famous book “Alumm”: All traditions of prophet of Allah (s.a.) has been changed even prayer!”3

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1- Ibn Qudama Almughani, vol. 1, page 521.
2- al-mizan, vol. 1, page 46.
3- Sahih of Bokhari, vol. 1, page 190.
4- Alumm, vol. 1, page 269

 

 

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