Text copied Link copied

Al-Fatawa – home

﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

Scholar
Search mode

The ruling on reciting al-Fatihah for the soul of the deceased

Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
May Allah reward you. Reciting al-Fatihah, or reciting al-Fatihah for the soul of so-and-so.

Answer:
This is a bid'ah (religious innovation) with no basis and no evidence for it. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2593 - حكم قراءة الفاتحة على روح الميت - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

Flag this fatwa