A follower who forgets to recite al-Fatihah behind the imam in a quiet prayer: what is required of him?
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The questioner : The second question says to you: A follower behind an imam in a quiet prayer forgot to recite al-Fatihah. What is required of this follower?
The Shaykh : He repeats the rak'ah.
The questioner : He repeats it after the imam has said the taslim.
The Shaykh : Is he a muqtadi (one following the imam)?
The questioner : A muqtadi, a follower.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you always. You have put me in a difficult position. You said to me, "Is he a muqtadi?" If I had not caught my mind, well, if he is behind the imam, he does not repeat it, because the imam is a guarantor.
The questioner : Even with al-Fatihah?
The Shaykh : Even with al-Fatihah.
The questioner : And with another pillar?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : And with a pillar too?
The Shaykh : How with a pillar?
The questioner : The man made a mistake; he prostrated one prostration, did not do the second, and stood up.
The Shaykh : No, my brother, the issues differ. The pillar you are referring to now is a matter on which there is consensus. As for reciting al-Fatihah, you know the schools of jurisprudence differ on it. Some say that the imam's recitation is the recitation of the muqtadi absolutely.
The questioner : This applies to the loud prayers.
The Shaykh : Listen, my brother, may Allah guide you!
The questioner : In all of them.
The Shaykh : And some say he recites in the quiet prayers and listens in the loud prayers, and some say he recites in the loud prayers as well. So here, there is scholarly disagreement in the issue. Therefore, when there is a type of disagreement in the issue, leniency is shown in it, and it is said as I told you just now. But if he leaves a pillar, or a rak'ah, or a ruku', or a sujud, he must perform the rak'ah in which he lost the pillar.
The questioner : After the imam has said the taslim, of course.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh : He repeats the rak'ah.
The questioner : He repeats it after the imam has said the taslim.
The Shaykh : Is he a muqtadi (one following the imam)?
The questioner : A muqtadi, a follower.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you always. You have put me in a difficult position. You said to me, "Is he a muqtadi?" If I had not caught my mind, well, if he is behind the imam, he does not repeat it, because the imam is a guarantor.
The questioner : Even with al-Fatihah?
The Shaykh : Even with al-Fatihah.
The questioner : And with another pillar?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : And with a pillar too?
The Shaykh : How with a pillar?
The questioner : The man made a mistake; he prostrated one prostration, did not do the second, and stood up.
The Shaykh : No, my brother, the issues differ. The pillar you are referring to now is a matter on which there is consensus. As for reciting al-Fatihah, you know the schools of jurisprudence differ on it. Some say that the imam's recitation is the recitation of the muqtadi absolutely.
The questioner : This applies to the loud prayers.
The Shaykh : Listen, my brother, may Allah guide you!
The questioner : In all of them.
The Shaykh : And some say he recites in the quiet prayers and listens in the loud prayers, and some say he recites in the loud prayers as well. So here, there is scholarly disagreement in the issue. Therefore, when there is a type of disagreement in the issue, leniency is shown in it, and it is said as I told you just now. But if he leaves a pillar, or a rak'ah, or a ruku', or a sujud, he must perform the rak'ah in which he lost the pillar.
The questioner : After the imam has said the taslim, of course.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
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