Hadithcore
Sunan Abi Dawud, 788
sahih· Al-Albani

Ibn Abbas said:

The prophet (ﷺ) did not distinguish between the two surahs until the words “In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the merciful” was revealed to him. These are the words of Ibn al-sarh.

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، وَابْنُ السَّرْحِ، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، - قَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ فِيهِ - عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لاَ يَعْرِفُ فَصْلَ السُّورَةِ حَتَّى تُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِ ‏{‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ‏}‏ ‏.‏ وَهَذَا لَفْظُ ابْنِ السَّرْحِ ‏.‏

Isnad

7 transmitters
  1. 1Qutayba bin Sa'id bin JamilBulkh,Bakhalan, Baghdad · d. ~240 AH
  2. 2Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Musa al-SamsarMerv,Baghdad · d. 235 AH
  3. 3Ahmed bin 'Amr bin al-SarhEgypt · d. ~250 AH
  4. 4Sufyan bin 'UyaynahKufa/Makkah · d. 196 AH
  5. 5'Amr bin DinarMakkah · d. 126 AH
  6. 6Sa'id bin Jubayral-Kufa · d. 95 AH
  7. 7ibn AbbasMakkah/Medina · d. 68 AH/687 CE
References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 2, Hadith 398
English Reference
Book 2, Hadith 787