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The Basmala is not a verse of Surat al-Fatihah

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The Shaykh: Your Eminence! Is the Basmala a verse of Surat al-Fatihah? And if it is a verse, what is the ruling on one who does not recite it in the prayer?
The correct view is that the Basmala is not a verse of Surat al-Fatihah,And the evidence for this is: because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not recite it aloud as he recited the rest of the verses aloud,And another piece of evidence is: The hadith of Abu Hurayrah from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in which he said regarding Allah the Exalted: “I have divided the prayer between Me and My servant in two halves,When he says:
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
[al-Fatihah:2] Allah said: My servant has praised Me.
) And he mentioned the rest of the hadith. If the Basmala were part of al-Fatihah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would have specified it. Also, it is established by consensus that al-Fatihah has seven verses. If we divide it in the manner in which the Noble Qur'an came, it becomes clear that the Basmala is not part of al-Fatihah; because if we make it seven verses with the Basmala included, the last verse becomes long and does not correspond to the other verses,And because Allah the Exalted said in the Qudsi hadith: “I have divided the prayer between Me and My servant in two halves” implies that the first of the verses is
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
[al-Fatihah:2] ;Because:
The Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercyالرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
[al-Fatihah:3] is for Allah,
Sovereign of the Day of Recompense.مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ
[al-Fatihah:4] is for Allah,
It is You we worship and You we ask for help.إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
[al-Fatihah:5] is between Allah and the servant,
Guide us to the straight path -اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
[al-Fatihah:6] is for the servant,
The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favorصِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ
[Al-Fatihah 1:7]
is for the servant
not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلا الضَّالِّينَ
[al-Fatihah:7] is for the servant. Thus, there are three verses at the beginning of the surah for Allah, three verses at the end of the surah for the servant, and the fourth verse, which is the middle one, is between Allah and the servant.
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