The ruling on reciting al-Fatihah in the regular voluntary prayers
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Question:
Salih. Dear listeners, we have reached the midpoint of this episode of the program *Nur 'ala al-Darb*. Our guest, answering the listeners' questions, is Your Eminence Shaykh Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan, a member of the Council of Senior Scholars and a member of the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Your Eminence Shaykh Salih, may Allah preserve you and bless you. The listener Sa'd Muhammad al-Ma'mari says: Your Excellency Shaykh Salih, may Allah preserve you and bless you. In the regular voluntary prayers, whether before or after the obligatory ones, is it obligatory to recite a surah along with al-Fatihah, or is al-Fatihah sufficient? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good and make your knowledge beneficial to Islam and the Muslims.
Answer:
Reciting al-Fatihah is necessary; it is a pillar of the prayer. As for reciting something in addition to al-Fatihah, that is a recommended practice. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Salih. Dear listeners, we have reached the midpoint of this episode of the program *Nur 'ala al-Darb*. Our guest, answering the listeners' questions, is Your Eminence Shaykh Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan, a member of the Council of Senior Scholars and a member of the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Your Eminence Shaykh Salih, may Allah preserve you and bless you. The listener Sa'd Muhammad al-Ma'mari says: Your Excellency Shaykh Salih, may Allah preserve you and bless you. In the regular voluntary prayers, whether before or after the obligatory ones, is it obligatory to recite a surah along with al-Fatihah, or is al-Fatihah sufficient? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good and make your knowledge beneficial to Islam and the Muslims.
Answer:
Reciting al-Fatihah is necessary; it is a pillar of the prayer. As for reciting something in addition to al-Fatihah, that is a recommended practice. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7487 — youtube.com (9:18)
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