The ruling on one who forgets to recite al-Fatihah in a rak'ah of the Zuhr prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I prayed the Zuhr prayer in congregation and forgot to recite al-Fatihah in one of the rak'ahs. What is obligatory for me?
Answer:
Did you follow an imam, or did you not pray in congregation? What do you mean by “prayed in congregation”? Did you pray with the congregation, or did you lead the congregation? If you led the congregation, the prayer is invalid because you left out a pillar of the prayer. But if you were with the congregation and followed an imam, the imam bears the recitation of al-Fatihah on behalf of the ma'mum. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I prayed the Zuhr prayer in congregation and forgot to recite al-Fatihah in one of the rak'ahs. What is obligatory for me?
Answer:
Did you follow an imam, or did you not pray in congregation? What do you mean by “prayed in congregation”? Did you pray with the congregation, or did you lead the congregation? If you led the congregation, the prayer is invalid because you left out a pillar of the prayer. But if you were with the congregation and followed an imam, the imam bears the recitation of al-Fatihah on behalf of the ma'mum. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 25-01-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:05:31)
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