The Ruling on the Follower Forgetting al-Fatihah in a Quiet Prayer
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Question:
If one forgets al-Fatihah in one of the quiet rak'ahs, and then performs a fifth rak'ah?
Answer:
No... it is dropped. However, if he performed it out of independent reasoning and to avoid the difference of opinion, it is valid, if Allah wills; because some scholars hold that he must perform a rak'ah, but the correct view is that it is not obligatory for him. He says the taslim with the imam, and it is dropped from him.
Q: Does the majority make it obligatory, even in quiet prayers?
A: Even in quiet prayers, yes.
Q: Do they consider it recommended?
A: They consider it recommended.
Q: Does the verse include it?
A: As for the hadith: "Whoever has an imam, his recitation is recitation for him," it is a weak hadith, as the author said... This hadith is weak: "Whoever has an imam, his recitation is recitation for him." The majority relied on it, but it is weak.
If one forgets al-Fatihah in one of the quiet rak'ahs, and then performs a fifth rak'ah?
Answer:
No... it is dropped. However, if he performed it out of independent reasoning and to avoid the difference of opinion, it is valid, if Allah wills; because some scholars hold that he must perform a rak'ah, but the correct view is that it is not obligatory for him. He says the taslim with the imam, and it is dropped from him.
Q: Does the majority make it obligatory, even in quiet prayers?
A: Even in quiet prayers, yes.
Q: Do they consider it recommended?
A: They consider it recommended.
Q: Does the verse include it?
A: As for the hadith: "Whoever has an imam, his recitation is recitation for him," it is a weak hadith, as the author said... This hadith is weak: "Whoever has an imam, his recitation is recitation for him." The majority relied on it, but it is weak.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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