The ruling on the Basmala: Is it part of al-Fatihah?

Question:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. It is he who reads the questions; it is not one person who always reads them, but one person one day and another person the next day. May Allah bless you. You are on duty today and this is your day, is that right? Yes. Or you are teaching today and this is your lesson. Yes. May Allah bless you all.

Answer:
Whoever holds that the Basmala is part of al-Fatihah, that it is part of al-Fatihah, then based on that, if he omits it, his prayer is not valid, as is the position of al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) that it is part of al-Fatihah; so if he omits it, his prayer is not valid because he has left out a verse of al-Fatihah. The correct view is the first one, that it is not part of al-Fatihah, yes.