The Virtue of Surat al-Fatihah and the Obligation of Reciting It

Question:
A question was asked, Honorable Shaykh, by a questioner who says: What is the virtue of Surat al-Fatihah? And what is the virtue of repeating this surah for the sick person? And is this surah sufficient on its own when we pray, without another surah after it?

Answer:
This surah, Surat al-Fatihah, is the Seven Repeated Verses and the Great Qur'an that was given to our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). He, the Exalted, said: It is a great surah and it is the Mother of the Qur'an. It is the Mother of the Qur'an, and it is a pillar; its recitation is a pillar of the prayer, whether obligatory or voluntary. One must recite it in the prayer, whether obligatory or voluntary. Reciting what follows it from the Qur'an is a recommended practice (sunnah), but reciting al-Fatihah is an obligation and a pillar for every unit of prayer (rak'ah), based on his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): It is all supplication (du'a'), its beginning is supplication of worship, and its end is supplication of asking, so it encompasses both types of supplication. Yes.