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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The amount of silence of the imam after al-Fatihah

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there a report that the imam’s silence after al-Fatihah is to be the length of the ma’mum’s recitation of al-Fatihah?

Answer:
Yes, they mentioned this; they mentioned that it is so that the ma’mum can recite al-Fatihah. Yes.
Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الحجة في الصلاة بقراءة ابن مسعود وأُبَي — islamhouse.com (59:34)

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