Is it permissible for the ma'mum (one praying behind the imam) not to recite al-Fatihah in the prayers recited aloud?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on the one who issues a fatwa that the ma'mum should not recite al-Fatihah in the prayer recited aloud, while he himself recites it? How is that? What is the ruling on the one who issues a fatwa that the ma'mum should not recite al-Fatihah in the prayer recited aloud, but this mufti (scholar who issues fatwas) recites it?
Answer:
Nothing prevents reciting al-Fatihah in the prayer except when the imam recites aloud; then the ma'mum listens and recites it in the imam's pauses, in the imam's pauses. As for forbidding the recitation of al-Fatihah, this is not permissible; forbidding it is contrary to the Sunnah. So he recites al-Fatihah whenever he is able to, in the imam's pauses. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on the one who issues a fatwa that the ma'mum should not recite al-Fatihah in the prayer recited aloud, while he himself recites it? How is that? What is the ruling on the one who issues a fatwa that the ma'mum should not recite al-Fatihah in the prayer recited aloud, but this mufti (scholar who issues fatwas) recites it?
Answer:
Nothing prevents reciting al-Fatihah in the prayer except when the imam recites aloud; then the ma'mum listens and recites it in the imam's pauses, in the imam's pauses. As for forbidding the recitation of al-Fatihah, this is not permissible; forbidding it is contrary to the Sunnah. So he recites al-Fatihah whenever he is able to, in the imam's pauses. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز للمأموم عدم قراءة الفاتحة في الجهرية؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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