What is the ruling on one who recites al-Fatihah with the heart and not with the tongue?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The questioner : Your Eminence, some people in prayer recite al-Fatihah and the dhikr with their hearts and do not recite them with their tongues. Is that sufficient for them?
The Shaykh : It is not correct to say: So-and-so recited, unless he utters it. As for one who passes it through his heart, he has not recited, and it is not sufficient for him in prayer, because he has left al-Fatihah in reality, left the tasbih, left the takbir. The takbir may have been indicated by gesture, but as for the others, if he does not pass them through his tongue only, it is not sufficient for him. However, the scholars differed on whether it is required that he hear himself? Meaning that there is a sound from the movement of his tongue and lips that he hears, or is it not required?
And the correct view is that it is not required that he hear himself, but it is required that he utter it.
Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The questioner : Your Eminence, some people in prayer recite al-Fatihah and the dhikr with their hearts and do not recite them with their tongues. Is that sufficient for them?
The Shaykh : It is not correct to say: So-and-so recited, unless he utters it. As for one who passes it through his heart, he has not recited, and it is not sufficient for him in prayer, because he has left al-Fatihah in reality, left the tasbih, left the takbir. The takbir may have been indicated by gesture, but as for the others, if he does not pass them through his tongue only, it is not sufficient for him. However, the scholars differed on whether it is required that he hear himself? Meaning that there is a sound from the movement of his tongue and lips that he hears, or is it not required?
And the correct view is that it is not required that he hear himself, but it is required that he utter it.