The ruling on the ma'mum reciting al-Fatihah before his imam
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, if the ma'mum recites al-Fatihah in the prayers where the recitation is loud before his imam, is he considered to have preceded him?
Answer:
No, preceding the imam is by actions. Preceding is by actions: he does not bow before him, and he does not prostrate before him. Preceding is by actions, not by words, except for the takbir of entering prayer, for he does not precede his imam with the takbir of entering prayer. As for him reciting al-Fatihah before him, there is no harm in that. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, if the ma'mum recites al-Fatihah in the prayers where the recitation is loud before his imam, is he considered to have preceded him?
Answer:
No, preceding the imam is by actions. Preceding is by actions: he does not bow before him, and he does not prostrate before him. Preceding is by actions, not by words, except for the takbir of entering prayer, for he does not precede his imam with the takbir of entering prayer. As for him reciting al-Fatihah before him, there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 9 من 64\شرح عمدة الأحكام (شرح كامل مع أسئلة)\الطهارة\الحيض\صالح الفوزان\الفقه\كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:04:00)
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