Is the Basmala a verse of al-Fatihah?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : Your Eminence, may Allah forgive you: Is the Basmala a verse in al-Fatihah?
The Shaykh : The Basmala is not a verse in al-Fatihah, nor in any other surah; rather, it is an independent verse. It is numbered in the mushaf as part of al-Fatihah, but that is the weaker opinion. The correct view is that the beginning of al-Fatihah is[Al-Fatihah 1:2], as established in the authentic hadith of Abu Hurayrah from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) that Allah said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2953Sahih (Darussalam), mentioning al-Fatihah but not mentioning the Basmala.
The Shaykh : The Basmala is not a verse in al-Fatihah, nor in any other surah; rather, it is an independent verse. It is numbered in the mushaf as part of al-Fatihah, but that is the weaker opinion. The correct view is that the beginning of al-Fatihah is