Repeating the Recitation of al-Fatihah in Prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Sometimes, when I recite al-Fatihah in prayer, I repeat it a second time.
Answer:
No, my brother, reciting al-Fatihah is a pillar, and a pillar is not repeated. A pillar is not repeated in prayer. Do not repeat it; if you recite it once, that is sufficient. It is like prostration: you do not add more than the two prostrations, saying a third or fourth. No, it is not permissible. A pillar is not repeated.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Sometimes, when I recite al-Fatihah in prayer, I repeat it a second time.
Answer:
No, my brother, reciting al-Fatihah is a pillar, and a pillar is not repeated. A pillar is not repeated in prayer. Do not repeat it; if you recite it once, that is sufficient. It is like prostration: you do not add more than the two prostrations, saying a third or fourth. No, it is not permissible. A pillar is not repeated.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ومن كيده الذي بلغ به من الجهال ما بلغ : الوسواس — islamhouse.com (1:04:13)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.