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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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How is the prayer of the one who joins late valid if he catches a unit of prayer without reciting al-Fatihah?

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Question:
How do we reconcile the fact that al-Fatihah is a pillar of the prayer with the validity of the unit of prayer for the one who joins late and catches the bowing with the imam?

Answer:
It is dropped from him; Allah has dropped it from him. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف تصح صلاة المسبوق الذي أدرك ركعة وهو لم يقرأ الفاتحة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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