Guidance for one who does not know how to recite al-Fatihah and leads people in prayer
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Question:
The questioner says: What is your guidance, Honorable Shaykh, for one who does not know how to recite Surat al-Fatihah and leads people in prayer?
Answer:
Today, praise be to Allah, the teaching of the Qur'an has spread. Qur'an memorization associations have become widespread, and I do not think there is anyone here who is ignorant of how to recite al-Fatihah, unless he is in a remote place far from the towns. Even the villages now have Qur'an memorization associations, and even the hamlets have Qur'an memorization, praise be to Allah. If there is someone who is ignorant of how to recite al-Fatihah, that is due to his own negligence. Why did he not learn? The teaching is made easy. The teaching of reciting al-Fatihah is made easy. It has been a long time since it was difficult to learn; one can learn it in five minutes. Once he learns it, he is no longer ignorant. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: What is your guidance, Honorable Shaykh, for one who does not know how to recite Surat al-Fatihah and leads people in prayer?
Answer:
Today, praise be to Allah, the teaching of the Qur'an has spread. Qur'an memorization associations have become widespread, and I do not think there is anyone here who is ignorant of how to recite al-Fatihah, unless he is in a remote place far from the towns. Even the villages now have Qur'an memorization associations, and even the hamlets have Qur'an memorization, praise be to Allah. If there is someone who is ignorant of how to recite al-Fatihah, that is due to his own negligence. Why did he not learn? The teaching is made easy. The teaching of reciting al-Fatihah is made easy. It has been a long time since it was difficult to learn; one can learn it in five minutes. Once he learns it, he is no longer ignorant. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب ما جاء أن سبب كفر بني آدم وتركهم دينهم هو الغلو في الصالحين — islamhouse.com (1:21:30)
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