Cabbalas which do not know “In the name of Allah” as a verse of Hamd Sura or do not accept to vociferate that, like:
1- We read in a Hadith in Sahih of Muslim which is quoted from Qatada that Anas says: “I performed prayer with prophet of Allah (s.a.) and Abu Bakr and Omar and Osman, but I didn’t heard that any of them recite “In the name of Allah””.1 Notice that in this Hadith nothing has been said about recite of Ali (a.s.)!
Indeed it is wonderful that one single person like Anas says once explicitly that I performed prayer behind Prophet (s.a.) and three first leaders and Ali (a.s.), all of them vociferating “In the name of Allah”, and says in other place that I performed prayer behind Prophet (s.a.) and three first leaders, none of them reciting “In the name of Allah” and vociferating is not even thinkable.
Don’t any thinker think that Hadith forgers were involved here for counteracting the first Hadith, due to reason that will be mentioned soon, and made the second Hadith and had ascribed it to Anas, and because vociferating “In the name of Allah” by Ali (a.s.) and his followers is known in everywhere, they did not mention his name in order not to be the cause of infamy?
2- It is quoted from Abdullah ibn Mughaffal in Sunan of Beihaghi that he says: “My father heard that I was reciting “In the name of Allah” (in prayer). He said: Do you innovate in religion (Bid’at; heresy)? I performed prayer behind prophet of Allah (s.a.) and Abu Bakr and Osman, I saw none of them vociferating “In the name of Allah””.1
Again here nothing has been said about prayer of Ali (a.s.).
3- We read in Mo’jam Alwaseet Tabarani that Ibn Abbas said: “When prophet of Allah (s.a.) recited “In the Name of Allah, the compassionate, the merciful” Infidels derided, because “Rahman” (compassionate) was the name of Musailama, claimant of divinity in Yamama region, and they said that purpose of Mohammad is that “Rahman”, because of this holy Prophet (s.a.) ordered that nobody recite this verse aloud”.2
Signs of forgery are obvious in this Hadith, because:
First: The word “Rahman” is not only in “In the Name of Allah, the compassionate (Rahman), the merciful” and it has been mentioned in another 56 places and it is repeated 16 times just in Maryam Sura, therefore other Suras of Qur'an also should not be recited, maybe infidels deride Muslims.
Second: Infidels derided all verses of Qur'an as we read in several verses of Qur'an, like verse 140 of Nisa’ Sura: “When you hear, some people deride and deny verse of Allah, so do not sit with them” and infidels derided Azan of prayer as we read in verse 58 of Ma’eda Sura: “When you call (people) for prayer they take it as mockery and joke”. Did holy prophet (s.a.) order to leave Azan (call for prayer) or say it whispery, in order that maybe infidels deride?
Principally, infidels derided Prophet (s.a.) himself: “When infidels see you, they have nothing to do except deriding you”3, therefore holy Prophet should hide from people!
Moreover, Allah says to his Prophet explicitly that he will remove deriders and scoffers: “Surely, we put scoffers away from you”.4
Third: Musailama was nothing that due to his name which was “Rahman” Prophet (s.a.) hides verses of Qur'an or recites them whispery, and moreover claims of Musailama expressed in tenth year after Hijrat, when Islam was in full power.
These clear facts show that forgers of this Hadith were amateur and unknown in their job.
4- We read in a Hadith which Ibn Abi Shiba has quoted in his Musnaf that Ibn Abbas said: “Vociferating “In the name of Allah” was habit of bedouin Arabs”.5
This is while we read in another Hadith that Ali ibn Zayd ibn Ja’dan says: “Abdullahs (Abdullah ibn Abbas, Abdullah ibn Omar and Abdullah ibn Zubayr) all three of them vociferated “In the name of Allah””.6
Above all, vociferating “In the name of Allah” was the way of Ali (a.s.) and it is famous in all books of Shi’aa and Ahl -e- Sonnat. Was Ali from bedouin Arabs?! Isn’t existence of these antithetical Ahadith the proof that this matter is political?
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Yes! Truth is that Ali (a.s.) vociferated “In the name of Allah” and when Muaviya reached the power after martyrdom of Amir Almu’mineen (a.s.) and short period of leadership of Imam Hassan Mojtaba (a.s.) insisted on erasing all signs of Ali (a.s.) and his followers from the world of Islam, because he knew that expanding the thought and spirituality of his holiness is a great threat for his regality.
The proof of this expression is that we read in a Hadith which Malik has considered reliable in Mustadrak from Anas ibn Malik (exclusive servant of Prophet (s.a.)): Muaviya same to Medina and in one of Jahriyya (reciting) prayers (dawn, sunset and night) recited “In the name of Allah” in Hamd Sura but did not recite in the next Sura, when he finished the prayer a group of Mohajirin And Ansar (whom maybe performed that prayer for saving their lives) cried out from anywhere that: “Did you steal something from prayer or forget?!” Muaviya recited “In the name of Allah” both in Hamd Sura and the next one.7
Perhaps Muaviya wanted to examine Mohajirin and Ansar that how sensitive they are about vociferation of “In the name of Allah”, but he continued his act in Shaam and other regions.
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1- Sahih of Muslim, vol. 2, Chapter of “حجة من قال لا یجهر بالبسملة ” (Proof of p eople who said do not vociferate “In the name of Allah”), page 12.
2- Alsunan Alkobra, vol. 2, page 52.
3- Anbiya Sura, verse 36.
4- Hijr Sura, verse 95.
5- Musnaf of Ibn Abi Shiba, vol. 6 , page 89.
6- Dorr Almanthoor, vol. 1, page 21.
7- Mustadrak Alsahihin, vol. 1, page 233.
