Sunan Abi Dawud
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Chapter 43 · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)فِي الرَّجُلِ يَبْدَأُ بِنَفْسِهِ فِي الْكِتَابِ
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، قَالَ أَحْمَدُ قَالَ مَرَّةً يَعْنِي هُشَيْمًا، عَنْ بَعْضِ وَلَدِ الْعَلَاءِ أَنَّ الْعَلَاءَ بْنَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ كَانَ عَامِلَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْبَحْرَيْنِ، فَكَانَ إِذَا كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ بَدَأَ بِنَفْسِهِ .
Translation
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
A man should begin with his own name when writing a letter
He was the governor of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم at al-Bahrayn, and when he wrote to him he began with his won name.