Ruling on reciting only Surat al-Fatihah in the prayer
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Some people cite the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to the Bedouin: (then recite whatever is easy for you from the Qur'an), so they recite al-Fatihah and then repeat al-Fatihah a second time, citing this hadith as evidence. What is the ruling on that?
The ruling on this is that if one recites al-Fatihah and then repeats it, the repetition does not suffice for the recitation of a surah; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the one who prayed incorrectly to recite whatever is easy for him from the Qur'an, but how does he recite this? We return to the Sunnah,Otherwise, the one making the claim could say: it is sufficient for him to recite one or two verses from the Book of Allah without al-Fatihah,Or he says: he may recite the surah before al-Fatihah, so we return in this matter to the action of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and it has never been reported from him, neither by a sound nor a weak chain, that he repeated al-Fatihah,The most that is there is that he repeated Surat al-Zalzalah, meaning: he recited it in the second rak'ah,and the narrator himself was uncertain: did he repeat it out of forgetfulness, or as a practice?
The ruling on this is that if one recites al-Fatihah and then repeats it, the repetition does not suffice for the recitation of a surah; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the one who prayed incorrectly to recite whatever is easy for him from the Qur'an, but how does he recite this? We return to the Sunnah,Otherwise, the one making the claim could say: it is sufficient for him to recite one or two verses from the Book of Allah without al-Fatihah,Or he says: he may recite the surah before al-Fatihah, so we return in this matter to the action of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and it has never been reported from him, neither by a sound nor a weak chain, that he repeated al-Fatihah,The most that is there is that he repeated Surat al-Zalzalah, meaning: he recited it in the second rak'ah,and the narrator himself was uncertain: did he repeat it out of forgetfulness, or as a practice?