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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Does one catch up with the imam in a rak'ah by catching up with the bowing, even if one did not recite al-Fatihah?

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Question:
Muhammad from Riyadh, go ahead, my brother Muhammad. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. Peace. Welcome, O Shaykh, are you well? May Allah preserve you, go ahead. I have a question, I have two questions. One: if I enter and the imam is bowing in prostration, if I enter and the imam is bowing in the prayer, do I complete the prayer with him? Because there is a hadith that says
He who does not recite Umm al-Qur'an is not credited with having observed prayer.لا صلاة لمن لم يقرأ فاتحة الكتاب
Sahih Muslim 394c
and in a hadith
It says: whoever catches up with the bowingيقول من ادرك الركوع
Anyway, thank you.

Answer:
If you come and the imam is bowing, then bow with him, and you have caught up with the rak'ah, because the time for reciting al-Fatihah has passed, so the rak'ah suffices, and praise be to Allah, you have caught up with it. So bow with him and count this rak'ah, because Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) came and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was bowing, so he entered with him in the bowing, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order him to make up this rak'ah. This indicates that whoever catches up with the imam while he is bowing and bows with him has caught up with the rak'ah. Reciting al-Fatihah is dropped from him because its place is standing, and the standing has passed. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1373 - هل تدرك الركعة مع الإمام بإدراك الركوع وإن لم يقرأ الفاتحة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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