(25) CHAPTER. Whose name is to be written first in a letter, i.e., the sender or the addressee?
Narrated Abu Hurairah (ra): Allah's Messenger (saws) mentioned a person from Bani Israel who took a piece of wood, made a hole in it, and put therein one thousand Dinar and letter from him to his friend. The Prophet (saws) said, (That man) cut a piece of wood and put the money inside it and wrote a letter from such and such a person to such and such a person.