The Imam Reciting the Basmala Audibly Before the Fatiha
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on the Imam reciting the Basmala audibly before he recites the Fatiha?
Answer:
This is according to the school of those who hold that the Basmala is part of the Fatiha. The correct view is that it is not part of the Fatiha, so it is not recited audibly.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on the Imam reciting the Basmala audibly before he recites the Fatiha?
Answer:
This is according to the school of those who hold that the Basmala is part of the Fatiha. The correct view is that it is not part of the Fatiha, so it is not recited audibly.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 11-07-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:03:50)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.