Hadith 47

(The book) ‘Al Ilal’, and ‘Al Uyoun’ – from Abdul Wahid Bin Ubdous, from Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Quteyba, from Al Fazl Bin Shazan, ‘From Al-Reza-asws (in argumentation): ‘If he says, ‘Why have they been Commanded with the recitation in the Salat? ’
It will be said, ‘Lest the Quran be forsaken, wasted, and for it to be preserved, learned, and it does not wither away nor ignored’. If he says, ‘Why is it begun with (Surah) Al-Hamd in every recitation rather than rest of the Chapters? ’
It will be said, ‘Because there isn’t anything from the Quran and the speech in which is collected from a summary of the goodness and the wisdom, what has been collected in Surah Al-Hamd: –
And that is because, His-azwj Words: All Praise is for Allah [1: 2], rather it is fulfilment of what thanks Allah-azwj the Exalted has Obligated upon His-azwj creatures, and thanking for what He‑azwj Harmonised His-azwj servant to the goodness. Lord of the Worlds [1: 2] is glorifying to Him-azwj and praise, and acknowledgment that He-azwj is the Creator, the Owner, not someone else. the Beneficent, the Merciful [1: 1] – an appealing and mention of His-azwj Favours and His-azwj Bounties upon entirety of His-azwj creatures. Master of the Day of Religion [1: 4] – an acknowledgment with the Resurrection, and the Reckoning, and the Rewards, and obligating for him Kingdom of the Hereafter just as is obligated for Him-azwj kingdom of the world. (It is) You we worship [1: 5] – a desire and drawing closer to Allah-azwj Mighty and Majesty, and sincerity with the working for Him-azwj apart from others. And You do we seek Assistance (from) [1: 5] – of increase of His-azwj Inclination, and worshipping Him-azwj and permanency of what He-azwj has Favoured upon him and Helped him. Guide us to be on the Straight Path [1: 6] – seeking Guidance with Him-azwj and holding tightly to His-azwj rope, and seeking increase in the recognition of his Lord-azwj, and by His-azwj Might, and His-azwj Blessings. The path of those You have Bestowed Bounties upon – emphasis in the asking (request), and the desire, and mention of what has passed from His-azwj bounties upon His-azwj friends, and desire regarding similar to that bounty. other than of those You are Wrathful upon – seeking Refuge from being from the stubborn ones, the Kafirs, and the ones taking lightly with Him-azwj and His-azwj Commands and His-azwj Prohibitions. nor of the straying ones [1: 7] – seeking protection from becoming from the straying ones, those who have strayed from His-azwj Way, from without recognition, and they are reckoning they are doing good. Thus, there has been collected in it, the summary of goodness and the wisdom, regarding matters of the Hereafter and the world, what has not been collected in anything from the things’’. [124]