\n\n \nYahya related to me from Malik from Humayd at-Tawil that Anas ibn\nMalik said, "I stood behind Abu Bakr and Umar and Uthman and none of\nthem used to recite 'In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the\nCompassionate' when they began the prayer."\n\n

\n\n \nYahya related to me from Malik from Humayd at-Tawil that Anas ibn\nMalik said, "I stood behind Abu Bakr and Umar and Uthman and none of\nthem used to recite 'In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the\nCompassionate' when they began the prayer."\n\n

\nوَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ قُمْتُ وَرَاءَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ فَكُلُّهُمْ كَانَ لاَ يَقْرَأُ ‏{‏بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ‏}‏ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلاَةَ ‏.‏