Chapter on the Manner of Prayer, Explanation of the Fifty-One Rak‘ahs; The Order, Recitation, Tasbih in Bowing and Prostration, Qunut, and What is Obligatory and Recommended Therein

Sa‘d ibn Abdullah from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Fadhala ibn Ayyub from Aban ibn Uthman from Muhammad ibn Muslim from Abu Ja‘far عليه السلام, peace be upon him, he said: I asked Him عليه السلام about a man who begins the recitation in prayer, should he recite ‘Bismillah Hir Rahman Nir Rahim’? Imam عليه السلام said: “Yes, when he begins the prayer, let him say it at the beginning of what he opens with, and thereafter it suffices him.”