Naming issue

Translation

The book “The Question of Names” by Ibn al-Qaysrani deals with the ruling on reciting “In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful” out loud at the beginning of Al-Fatihah and other surahs of the Qur’an in congregational and private prayer. The author explains his evidence from authentic hadiths and narrations that indicate the necessity of concealing this name during prayer, basing this on the principles of jurisprudence and agreed-upon hadiths. The book aims to clarify the jurists’ point of view on this subject and explain the evidence on which they relied, while discussing the opinions of the hadith scholars who used this naming in prayer.