What is the stronger position regarding the ruling on the ma'mum reciting al-Fatihah behind the imam?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says, may Allah preserve you: What is the stronger position regarding the recitation of al-Fatihah? Is it a recommended practice (sunnah) in both the loud and quiet prayers, or only in the loud prayers?
Answer:
Reciting al-Fatihah is obligatory in the prayer. However, if the imam recites it, his recitation suffices for those behind him, as if those behind him had recited it following their imam. Therefore, reciting al-Fatihah in the prayer is obligatory, either for every worshipper or for the imam, who bears it on behalf of those behind him.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says, may Allah preserve you: What is the stronger position regarding the recitation of al-Fatihah? Is it a recommended practice (sunnah) in both the loud and quiet prayers, or only in the loud prayers?
Answer:
Reciting al-Fatihah is obligatory in the prayer. However, if the imam recites it, his recitation suffices for those behind him, as if those behind him had recited it following their imam. Therefore, reciting al-Fatihah in the prayer is obligatory, either for every worshipper or for the imam, who bears it on behalf of those behind him.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [436 -582] ما الراجح في حكم قراءة المأموم للفاتحة وراء الإمام؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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