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Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Book 45Hadith Number 1125
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Anas ibn Sirin said, "I wrote for Ibn 'Umar and he said, 'Write: "In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, Most Merciful. Following on from that: To so-and-so."'"

Source: sunnah.com

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Arabic

وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ‏:‏ كَتَبْتُ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ، فَقَالَ‏:‏ اكْتُبْ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، أَمَّا بَعْدُ‏:‏ إِلَى فُلانٍ‏.‏

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