The ruling on doubt regarding the recitation of al-Fatihah behind the imam in the secret prayers
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh! If I am behind an imam in a quiet prayer, and before he bows I doubt whether I recited al-Fatihah or not, and I hesitate until the imam bows, what is required of me?
Answer:
This is something from which one must benefit. The recitation of the imam for the Shafi'i school suffices for him and for the ma'mum (the one praying behind the imam), praise be to Allah, but if the ma'mum recites it, that is better and more valuable. And if he does not recite it, Abu Bakr saw that in faith, and this is the correct position, and nothing else benefits the people. Yes. Abu Bakr and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) were in the bowing, so he bowed with him and straightened up in that rak'ah, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order him to make up the rak'ah, and he had not recited the surah.
Honorable Shaykh! If I am behind an imam in a quiet prayer, and before he bows I doubt whether I recited al-Fatihah or not, and I hesitate until the imam bows, what is required of me?
Answer:
This is something from which one must benefit. The recitation of the imam for the Shafi'i school suffices for him and for the ma'mum (the one praying behind the imam), praise be to Allah, but if the ma'mum recites it, that is better and more valuable. And if he does not recite it, Abu Bakr saw that in faith, and this is the correct position, and nothing else benefits the people. Yes. Abu Bakr and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) were in the bowing, so he bowed with him and straightened up in that rak'ah, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order him to make up the rak'ah, and he had not recited the surah.
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