What is the ruling on limiting oneself to reciting Surat al-Fatihah in the prayer?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This is a woman asking, and she says: I read in the book Hashiyat al-Rawd al-Mubarak, a commentary on Zad al-Mustaqni', that it is not permissible to recite Surat al-Fatihah alone in the prayer. Knowing that some say it is permissible to recite it alone in the third and fourth rak'ahs, or to recite al-Fatihah and a surah. What is the ruling on this? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
No, the author of the commentary on al-Zad did not say it is forbidden. He said it is disliked, specifically that it is disliked to limit oneself to al-Fatihah in the first two rak'ahs, whether in the Dhuhr, 'Asr, Maghrib, 'Isha', or Fajr prayer. In the first two rak'ahs, one should recite whatever is easy for him of the Qur'an after al-Fatihah, and it is disliked to limit oneself to al-Fatihah. But if he limits himself to it, his prayer is valid. The author of the commentary on al-Zad did not say it is forbidden, but rather that it is disliked.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This is a woman asking, and she says: I read in the book Hashiyat al-Rawd al-Mubarak, a commentary on Zad al-Mustaqni', that it is not permissible to recite Surat al-Fatihah alone in the prayer. Knowing that some say it is permissible to recite it alone in the third and fourth rak'ahs, or to recite al-Fatihah and a surah. What is the ruling on this? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
No, the author of the commentary on al-Zad did not say it is forbidden. He said it is disliked, specifically that it is disliked to limit oneself to al-Fatihah in the first two rak'ahs, whether in the Dhuhr, 'Asr, Maghrib, 'Isha', or Fajr prayer. In the first two rak'ahs, one should recite whatever is easy for him of the Qur'an after al-Fatihah, and it is disliked to limit oneself to al-Fatihah. But if he limits himself to it, his prayer is valid. The author of the commentary on al-Zad did not say it is forbidden, but rather that it is disliked.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الاقتصار على قراءة سورة الفاتحة في الصلاة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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