حَدَّثَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَوْفٌ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الْفَارِسِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ بِمَعْنَاهُ قَالَ فِيهِ فَقُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَمْ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا أَنَّهَا مِنْهَا قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد قَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ وَأَبُو مَالِکٍ وَقَتَادَةُ وَثَابِتُ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَکْتُبْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ حَتَّی نَزَلَتْ سُورَةُ النَّمْلِ هَذَا مَعْنَاهُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 787
The above mentioned tradition has been reported by ibn abbas through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ died, but he did not mention to us that surah al baraah ins a part of al-anfal. Abu Dawood said: Al-sha’bl, Abu Malik, Qatadah, and Thabit bin Umarah said: The prophet ﷺ did not write”In the name of Allah, the compassionate, the merciful” until Surah al-naml was revealed. This is the meaning of what they said. Further, this is a mursal traditional (omitting the name of the companion)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020