How do we say that al-Fatihah is the seven repeated verses if the basmalah is an independent verse?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. He says: If the basmalah is an independent verse from al-Fatihah, how can al-Fatihah be the seven repeated verses? Please guide us. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Yes, al-Fatihah has seven verses in the recitation of the people of Madinah. Those who hold that "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" is not part of it say that the sixth verse is

⁽⁶⁾ Guide us to the straight path - ⁽⁷⁾ The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.

اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ

[Al-Fatihah 1:6-7]

, this is the sixth, and

not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.

غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ

[Al-Fatihah 1:7]

, this is the seventh. Those who hold that the basmalah is part of al-Fatihah make this one verse. It is lost

⁽⁶⁾ Guide us to the straight path - ⁽⁷⁾ The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.

الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ

[Al-Fatihah 1:6-7]

. So they make the verses, they make

The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.

صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ

[Al-Fatihah 1:7]

one verse up to six verses, so what is the total? Thank you. What is the care?

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف نقول أن الفاتحة هي السبع المثاني إذا كانت البسملة آية مستقلة؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com

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