Is his (peace be upon him) saying, “There is no prayer for one who does not recite al-Fatihah,” general for the imam and the ma'mum, or is it specific?

The Shaykh : The specific case is something else. If a man enters the mosque and finds the imam in ruku', and then joins the imam in his ruku', has he recited al-Fatihah? Is his prayer valid? Is he considered to have caught up with the rak'ah? Most scholars say so, and this is the correct view, of which there is no doubt. So, from the general, there is no prayer for the specific. The noble verse is from the general, not the specific. So it is said: Except for one who is listening to the Qur'an; he should apply the verse of the Qur'an, and this is sufficient, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.