Doubt regarding the recitation of al-Fatihah in prayer
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Question:
A questioner says: If I doubt in my prayer whether I recited al-Fatihah or not, and this is rare, what should I do?
Answer:
If this is a matter of waswas (whispers of Satan), leave it. But if it is not from the category of waswas, the default is that you did not recite it. If you doubt, the default is that you did not recite it, so you recite it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
A questioner says: If I doubt in my prayer whether I recited al-Fatihah or not, and this is rare, what should I do?
Answer:
If this is a matter of waswas (whispers of Satan), leave it. But if it is not from the category of waswas, the default is that you did not recite it. If you doubt, the default is that you did not recite it, so you recite it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ثم إن طائفة الموسوسين قد تحقق منهم طاعة الشيطان — islamhouse.com (57:23)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.