Is the Basmala a verse of Surat al-Fatihah, and what is the ruling on one who does not recite it in the prayer?

The questioner : Noble Shaykh, 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 Shaykh : The correct view is that the Basmala is not a verse of Surat al-Fatihah. The evidence for this is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not recite it aloud as he recited the rest of the verses aloud.
Another piece of evidence is the hadith of Abu Hurayrah from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in which he said about Allah the Exalted: قسمت الصلاة بيني وبين عبدي نصفين فإذا قال : الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ قال الله : حمدني عبدي I have divided the prayer between Myself and My servant into two halves, so when he says: , Allah says: My servant has praised Me. and he mentioned the rest of the hadith.
And if the Basmala were part of al-Fatihah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would have clarified that. Also, it is agreed upon that al-Fatihah has seven verses. If we divide it in the manner in which the Noble Qur'an presents it, it becomes clear that the Basmala is not part of al-Fatihah, because if we count it as seven verses with al-Fatihah included among them, the last verse would be long and not proportionate to the other verses.
And because His saying the Exalted in the Qudsi hadith: implies that the first verses are because is for Allah, is for Allah, is for Allah, is between Allah and the servant, is for the servant, is for the servant, is for the servant. Thus, there are three verses at the beginning of the surah for Allah, and three verses at the end of the surah exclusively for the servant, and the fourth verse, which is the middle one, is between Allah and the servant. Yes.